Regulation 3 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the 2024 Act” (“Deddf 2024”) means the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024;

• “the 2025 Application Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Ceisiadau 2025”) means The Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025^f1;

• “the 2025 Examination Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Archwiliadau 2025”) means The Infrastructure Consent (Examination and Decision) (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2025^f2;

• “additional interested person” (“person ychwanegol a chanddo fuddiant”) means an interested person who has not been given written notice in accordance with regulation 5, 7 or F115;

• “additional land” (“tir ychwanegol”) means land that is not subject to a compulsory acquisition request either in an application accepted as a valid application or in a varied application;

• “applicant” (“ceisydd”) means a person who proposes to make, or has made an application for infrastructure consent;

• “application” (“cais”) means an application for infrastructure consent made under section 32 of the 2024 Act and includes a proposed application and an application as varied;

• “book of reference” (“cyfeirlyfr”) has the meaning given in regulation 13;

• “compulsory acquisition notice” (“hysbysiad caffael gorfodol”) has the meaning given in regulation 29;

• “compulsory acquisition request” (“archiad caffael gorfodol”) means a request to authorise compulsory acquisition of land, or an interest in or right over land;

• “environmental statement” (“datganiad amgylcheddol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017^f3 and regulation 2(1) of the Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007^f4;

• “examining authority” (“awdurdod archwilio”) means a person or panel of persons appointed under section 40 of the 2024 Act in respect of a particular application;

• “general vesting declaration statement” (“datganiad declarasiwn breinio cyffredinol”) has the meaning given in regulation 30;

• “infrastructure consent” (“cydsyniad seilwaith”) means the consent required by section 19 of the 2024 Act;

• “infrastructure consent order” (“gorchymyn cydsyniad seilwaith”) means an order made under the 2024 Act granting infrastructure consent;

• “interested person” (“person a chanddo fuddiant”) means a person with an interest in the land to which the compulsory acquisition request relates or any part of that land;

• “land” (“tir”) has the same meaning as in the 2024 Act (see section 143) and includes any interest in or right over land;

• “the order land” (“tir y gorchymyn”) has the same meaning as in section 72 of the 2024 Act;

• “the prospective purchaser” (“y darpar brynwr”) has the same meaning as in section 72 of the 2024 Act;

• “relevant claim” (“hawliad perthnasol”) has the meaning given by section 28(13) of the 2024 Act;

• F2“replacement land” (“tir amnewid”) has the same meaning, as the case may be, as in sections 70 and 71 of the 2024 Act;

• “special category land” (“tir categori arbennig”) means land identified as forming part of a common, open space, National Trust land, or fuel or field garden allotment;

• “special Senedd procedure” (“gweithdrefn arbennig y Senedd”) means the procedure specified in the standing orders of Senedd Cymru for subordinate legislation that is subject to special Senedd procedure;

• “Wales” (“Cymru”) means the combined area of the counties and county boroughs in Wales (see Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1972^f5);

• “Welsh marine area” (“ardal forol Cymru”) means the sea adjacent to Wales out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea; and the question of which parts of the sea are adjacent to Wales is to be determined in accordance with article 6 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999^f6.