Paragraph 48 Pipe-lines Act 1962 (c. 58)I1

In section 5, after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)

In their application to Wales, subsections (1) and (2) are to be read as if—

(a)

the Act and Part referred to were the Planning (Wales) Act 2026 and Part 3 of that Act;

(b)

the power to direct that planning permission is deemed to be granted were a power to direct that such permission is granted;

(c)

the conditions that may be specified were conditions of a kind that the Welsh Ministers could have imposed if they had granted the permission on an application referred to them under section 72 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2026.”