# The Infrastructure Consent (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

In these Regulations—
“the 2024 Act” (“Deddf 2024”) means the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024;
“the Application Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Ceisiadau”) means the Infrastructure Consent (Pre-Application and Application Procedure and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2025;
“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);
“application” (“cais”) means an application for infrastructure consent made in accordance with section 32 of the 2024 Act;
“co-ordinates” (“cyfesurynnau”) means—
(a) co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984, or
(b) co-ordinates on the National Grid used by the Ordnance Survey;
“developer” (“datblygwr”) has the same meaning as in section 25 of the 2024 Act;
“development” (“datblygiad”) has the same meaning as in section 133 of the 2024 Act;
“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;
“planning authority” (“awdurdod cynllunio”) has the same meaning as in section 143 of the 2024 Act;
“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;
“pre-application services request form” (“ffurflen archiad am wasanaethau cyn gwneud cais”) means the form referred to in regulation 9(1);
“qualifying request” (“archiad cymhwysol”) has the meaning given in section 25 of the 2024 Act);
“significant infrastructure project” (“prosiect seilwaith arwyddocaol”) has the meaning given by section 1 of the 2024 Act;
“statutory consultee” (“ymgynghorai statudol”) has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Application Regulations;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/887/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-consent-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-2
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