Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024

Statutory consultees

129 Power to consult and duty to respond to consultation

(1) The Welsh Ministers or an examining authority may consult a public authority specified in regulations about a valid application for infrastructure consent.

(2) The public authority consulted must give a substantive response.

(3) That response must be given before the end of—

(a) a period specified in regulations, or

(b) if the authority and the Welsh Ministers or examining authority (as the case may be) agree otherwise in writing, whatever period is specified in their agreement.

(4) Regulations may make provision—

(a) about information that is to be provided by the Welsh Ministers or an examining authority to an authority for the purposes of consultation under subsection (1);

(b) about the requirements of a substantive response;

(c) requiring an authority consulted under subsection (1) to give a report to the Welsh Ministers about the authority’s compliance with subsection (2) (including provision as to the form and content of the report, and the time at which it is to be made).