Welsh Ministers’ directions
Section 130 – Directions to public authorities
347.Section 130 allows the Welsh Ministers to give a direction to a planning authority, Natural Resources Wales or a devolved Welsh authority specified in regulations, to do things in respect of an application.
348.Subsection (3) provides that directions may relate to specific applications or authorities or to applications or authorities generally.
349.Regulations may make provision for or in connection with the recovery of costs incurred by public authorities for things done pursuant to a direction of the Welsh Ministers (subsection (4)).
Section 131 – Power to disapply requirements
350.Under section 131 the Welsh Ministers may make regulations giving the Welsh Ministers power to direct that requirements imposed by, under or by virtue of this Act may be disapplied in a case specified in the direction.
351.The regulations must specify the requirements that may be disapplied by direction and impose a duty on the Welsh Ministers to publish any direction and to lay a statement about the direction before Senedd Cymru explaining its effect and why it was made.
