# The Infrastructure Consent (Correcting Errors and Applications to Change or Revoke Infrastructure Consent Orders) (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 2: General interpretation, notices, plans etc.


(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2024 Act” (“Deddf 2024”) means the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024;
“the 2025 Applications Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Ceisiadau 2025”) means the Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025;
“the 2025 Compulsory Acquisition Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Caffael Gorfodol 2025”) means the Infrastructure Consent (Compulsory Acquisition) (Wales) Regulations 2025;
“additional interested person” (“person ychwanegol a chanddo fuddiant”) means—
(a) an interested person who has not been given notice of a proposed application in accordance with regulation 9(2)(a)(x);
(b) an interested person who has not been given notice of an application in accordance with regulation 20(3);
“applicant” (“ceisydd”) means a person who proposes to make, or has made an application (as the case may be);
“application” (“cais”) means an application under section 90 of the 2024 Act (applications to change or revoke an infrastructure consent order);
“application for a material change” (“cais am newid sylweddol”) has the meaning given in regulation 9(1)(b)(i);
“application for a non-material change” (“cais am newid ansylweddol”) has the meaning given in regulation 15(1)(b);
“application for revocation” (“cais am ddirymiad”) has the meaning given in regulation 9(1)(b)(ii);
“book of reference” (“cyfeirlyfr”) has the meaning given in regulation 13 of the 2025 Compulsory Acquisition Regulations;
“compulsory acquisition request” (“archiad caffael gorfodol”) means a request to authorise compulsory acquisition of land, or an interest in or right over land;
“cross-referencing document” (“dogfen groesgyfeirio”) means a document in the form published by the Welsh Ministers, or in a form substantially to the same effect, that cross-references representations from interested persons received during the pre-application representation period or the post-application representation period with the book of reference;
“development” (“datblygiad”) has the meaning given in section 133 of the 2024 Act;
“EIA development” (“datblygiad AEA”) means activity that—
(a) is “EIA development” as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017, or
(b) requires an environmental impact assessment in accordance with regulation 2A or Part 2 of the Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007;
“examining authority” (“awdurdod archwilio”) means a person or panel of persons appointed under section 40(2) of the 2024 Act in respect of a particular application;
“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 in the case of a proposed application or application, a person who the applicant, after making diligent inquiry, knows to be a person interested in the land to which a compulsory acquisition request relates or any part of that land;
“land” (“tir”) includes buildings, monuments and land covered with waters (including the sea bed);
“material change” (“newid sylweddol”) means a change to an infrastructure consent order which the Welsh Ministers are satisfied is material;
“non-material change” (“newid ansylweddol”) means a change to an infrastructure consent order which the Welsh Ministers are satisfied is not material;
“notice of acceptance” (“hysbysiad derbyn”) means a notice given under regulation 7(3);
“notice of proposed application” (“hysbysiad o gais arfaethedig”) means a notice given in accordance with regulation 6;
“original applicant” (“ceisydd gwreiddiol”) means, in relation to an infrastructure consent order, the person who applied for the order;
“original specialist consultee” (“ymgynghorai arbenigol gwreiddiol”) means any person given notice under regulation 23(1)(b) of the 2025 Applications Regulations of the application for infrastructure consent under section 32 of the 2024 Act to which the relevant infrastructure consent order relates;
“original statutory consultee” (“ymgynghorai statudol gwreiddiol”) means any person given notice under regulation 23(1)(a) of the 2025 Applications Regulations of the application for infrastructure consent under section 32 of the 2024 Act to which the relevant infrastructure consent order relates;
“planning authority” (“awdurdod cynllunio”) means the local planning authority within the meaning given by Part 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (but see regulation 25(2));
“post-application representation period” (“cyfnod ar gyfer sylwadau ar ôl gwneud cais”) means the period ending with the deadline specified in a notice of application given under regulation 20 or 21 (as the case may be) as required by regulation 22(1)(e) in respect of a particular application;
“pre-application representation period” (“cyfnod ar gyfer sylwadau cyn gwneud cais”) means the period ending with the deadline specified in a notice of proposed application given under regulation 9, 10 or 12 (as the case may be) as required by regulation 11(1)(k) in respect of a particular application;
“relevant claim” (“hawliad perthnasol”) means—
(a) a claim under section 10 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (compensation where satisfaction not made for compulsory purchase of land or not made for injurious affection resulting from compulsory purchase);
(b) a claim under Part 1 of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (compensation for depreciation of land value by physical factors caused by use of public works);
(c) a claim under section 101(3) of the 2024 Act;
“representation” (“sylw”) includes evidence;
“specialist consultee” (“ymgynghorai arbenigol”) means where the proposed application or application includes a request to authorise development of a kind set out in the second column of the table in the Schedule, the person mentioned in the fourth column of that table in relation to that kind of development;
“statutory consultee” (“ymgynghorai statudol”) means where the proposed application or application includes a request to authorise development of a kind set out in the second column of the table in the Schedule, the person mentioned in the third column of that table in relation to that kind of development;
“the relevant infrastructure consent order” (“y gorchymyn cydsyniad seilwaith perthnasol”) means the infrastructure consent order to which the proposed application or application relates;
“the relevant land” (“y tir perthnasol”) means—
(a) in the case of a proposed application or an application to change an infrastructure consent order which grants infrastructure consent for development in Wales, the land to which the proposed application or application relates, or any part of that land;
(b) in the case of a proposed application or application to revoke an infrastructure consent order which grants infrastructure consent for development in Wales, the land to which the relevant infrastructure consent order relates, or any part of that land;
“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);
“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.
(2) See section 136 of the 2024 Act in relation to provision in these Regulations which requires or authorises a person to—
(a) notify another person of something, or
(b) give a document to another person (whether the provision uses the word “serve”, “give” or other term).
(3) Any plans or drawings required under these Regulations must be drawn to an identified scale and in the case of plans—
(a) where the relevant infrastructure consent order grants infrastructure consent for development in Wales, show the direction of north, and
(b) where the relevant infrastructure consent order grants infrastructure consent for development in the Welsh marine area, contain co-ordinates showing the location to which the proposed application, or the application, relates.
(4) In paragraph (3), “co-ordinates” means—
(a) co-ordinates of latitude and longitude using the world Geodetic System 1984, or
(b) co-ordinates on the National Grid used by Ordnance Survey.
(5) Part 3 of these Regulations prescribes the procedure for the purposes of section 65(4) of the 2024 Act (land to which authorisation of compulsory acquisition can relate) so far as it makes provision in respect of a proposed application or application which includes a compulsory acquisition request.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/25/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-correcting-errors-and-applications-to-change-or-revoke-infrastructure-consent-orders-procedure-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-2
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