# Planning (Wales) Act 2026, Section 303: Meaning of “statutory undertaker” and “statutory undertaking”

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) In this Act “statutory undertaker” means—
(a) a person authorised by an enactment to carry on—
(i) a railway, light railway, tramway or road transport undertaking,
(ii) a water transport, canal or inland navigation undertaking, or
(iii) a dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking;
(b) a relevant airport operator;
(c) the Civil Aviation Authority;
(d) an air traffic licensee carrying out activities authorised by the licence;
(e) a universal postal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service;
(f) an electricity licensee;
(g) a gas transporter;
(h) a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of hydraulic power;
(i) a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker;
(j) Natural Resources Wales;
(k) the Environment Agency.
(2) In this Act “statutory undertaking” means the undertaking of a statutory undertaker, but—
(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;
(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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/303 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-303
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