Regulation 2 Amendments to the Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025
The Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulationsf1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 2(1)—
in the definition of “EIA development”—
in paragraph (a) for “Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017” substitute “Planning EIA Regulations”, and
in paragraph (b) for “Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007” substitute “Marine EIA Regulations”;
in the definition of “environmental statement”, after “Marine” insert “EIA”.
In regulation 4, in the Welsh language text, for “drannoeth” substitute “â’r diwrnod ar ôl”.
In regulation 11—
in the words before paragraph (a), for “regulations 6 to 10” substitute “regulations 7 to 10”;
in paragraph (f), in the Welsh text—
for “drannoeth” substitute “â’r diwrnod ar ôl”, and
for “cyhoeddir” substitute “dyroddir”.
In regulation 12(1), for “regulation 4” substitute “regulation 8 or 10”.
In regulation 14(1), omit “in accordance with section 29(4) of the 2024 Act”.
In regulation 17(2), in the Welsh language text, omit “(p.20)”.
In regulation 19(a), in the Welsh text, before “gwella” insert “sicrhau”.
In regulation 24(f), omit “under regulation 2(1) of the Marine EIA Regulations”.
In regulation 26—
for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3)Where the site notice is, without any fault of the Welsh Ministers or a person or body directed to comply with the requirements in this regulation by virtue of sections 34(10) or 130(1) of the 2024 Act, removed, obscured or defaced before the period of 42 days has elapsed, the Welsh Ministers or such person or body will be treated as having complied with the requirements of the relevant paragraph if they have taken reasonable steps to protect the site notice and if need be, replace it.”;
in paragraph (4)(b), after “Lloyd’s List” insert “for a minimum period of one week commencing within 5 working days beginning with the day after the application is accepted as valid”;
in paragraph (5), in the English language text, after “beginning” insert “with”;
in paragraphs (5) and (6), for “35(2)” in each place it occurs, substitute “34(10)”.
In regulation 27—
in paragraph (1), in the Welsh language text, for “â thrannoeth” substitute “â’r diwrnod ar ôl”;
in paragraph (3), for “paragraph 12 of these Regulations,” substitute “regulation 12”.
In regulation 28(c)(iii), for “paragraph 1(c)(ii) of this regulation” substitute “sub-paragraph (ii)”.
At the end of regulation 29(2)(a), in the English language text, insert “and”.
In regulation 31, in paragraphs (2)(d), (5) and (6)(a), in the Welsh language text, for “â thrannoeth” in each place it occurs, substitute “â’r diwrnod ar ôl”.
In the heading of Part 7, in the Welsh language text, for “RHAN 1” substitute “RHAN 7.”
In regulation 32—
in paragraph (1), in the English language text, after “beginning” insert “with”;
in paragraph (3)(b), for “regulation 7” substitute “regulation 8”.
In the Schedule—
in paragraph (g), in Column 2, sub-paragraph (iii), in the Welsh language text for “ar lain chwarae yn lle arwyneb o laswellt” substitute “yn lle arwyneb glaswellt llain chwarae ar faes chwarae”;
in the text under “Interpretation of Table”—
in paragraph (b), in the English language text, after “part of the surface” insert “immediately”;
in paragraph (f), for “by section 82(1) of the Airports Act 1986” substitute “in section 143 of the 2024 Act”.