{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-303",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-303.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/303",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "303",
  "heading": "Meaning of “statutory undertaker” and “statutory undertaking”",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “statutory undertaker” means—\n(a) a person authorised by an enactment to carry on—\n(i) a railway, light railway, tramway or road transport undertaking,\n(ii) a water transport, canal or inland navigation undertaking, or\n(iii) a dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking;\n(b) a relevant airport operator;\n(c) the Civil Aviation Authority;\n(d) an air traffic licensee carrying out activities authorised by the licence;\n(e) a universal postal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service;\n(f) an electricity licensee;\n(g) a gas transporter;\n(h) a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of hydraulic power;\n(i) a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker;\n(j) Natural Resources Wales;\n(k) the Environment Agency.\n(2) In this Act “statutory undertaking” means the undertaking of a statutory undertaker, but—\n(a) references to the statutory undertaking of a relevant airport operator are to an airport to which Part 5 of the Airports Act 1986 (c. 31) applies;\n(b) the undertaking of a person who is an air traffic licensee is a statutory undertaking only so far as it is the person’s undertaking as a licensee;\n(c) the undertaking of a universal postal service provider is a statutory undertaking only so far as it relates to the provision of a universal postal service.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 303 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/303",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:37.107863+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."
}