{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2025/887",
  "legislation_title": "The Infrastructure Consent (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 2024 Act” (“Deddf 2024”) means the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024;\n“the Application Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Ceisiadau”) means the Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025;\n“applicant” (“ceisydd”) means a person who proposes to make, or has made an application for, infrastructure consent (this definition does not apply for the purpose of regulation7);\n“application” (“cais”) means an application for infrastructure consent made in accordance with section 32 of the 2024 Act;\n“co-ordinates” (“cyfesurynnau”) means—\n(a) co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984, or\n(b) co-ordinates on the National Grid used by the Ordnance Survey;\n“developer” (“datblygwr”) has the same meaning as in section 25 of the 2024 Act;\n“development” (“datblygiad”) has the same meaning as in section 133 of the 2024 Act;\n“infrastructure consent” (“cydsyniad seilwaith”) means the consent required by section 19 of the 2024 Act;\n“infrastructure consent order” (“gorchymyn cydsyniad seilwaith”) means an order made under the 2024 Act granting infrastructure consent;\n“planning authority” (“awdurdod cynllunio”) has the same meaning as in section 143 of the 2024 Act;\n“pre-application services” (“gwasanaethau cyn gwneud cais”) means services provided to a person under section 27 of the 2024 Act for the purpose of assisting the person in applying for an infrastructure consent order;\n“pre-application services request form” (“ffurflen archiad am wasanaethau cyn gwneud cais”) means the form referred to in regulation 9(1);\n“qualifying request” (“archiad cymhwysol”) has the meaning given in section 25 of the 2024 Act);\n“significant infrastructure project” (“prosiect seilwaith arwyddocaol”) has the meaning given by section 1 of the 2024 Act;\n“statutory consultee” (“ymgynghorai statudol”) has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Application Regulations;\n“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);\n“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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 15.12.2025, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2025/690 (W. 114)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The World Geodetic System 1984 (“WGS 84”) defines a reference frame for the earth, for use in geodesy and navigation. It was developed by the United States’ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and is maintained by it. WGS 84 is defined at paragraph 2.1 of the United States’ National Imagery and Mapping Agency Technical Report TR8350.2, third edition, amendment 1 of 3 January 2000 entitled “Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984”. https://gis-lab.info/docs/nima-tr8350.2-wgs84fin.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c 70; Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 were amended by paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/672."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/887/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:57:02.981971+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}