Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024

Welsh Ministers’ directions

130 Directions to public authorities

(1) The Welsh Ministers may give a direction requiring a public authority to which this section applies to do things in relation to an application made to the Welsh Ministers.

(2) This section applies to the following public authorities—

(a) a planning authority;

(b) Natural Resources Wales;

(c) a devolved Welsh authority specified in regulations.

(3) Directions given under this section—

(a) may relate to a particular application or description of application, or to applications generally;

(b) may be given to a particular public authority or description of public authority or to public authorities generally.

(4) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with the recovery of costs incurred by public authorities for things done in pursuance of directions under this section.

131 Power to disapply requirements

(1) Regulations may provide for a power for the Welsh Ministers to direct that requirements imposed by, under or by virtue of this Act do not apply in a case specified in the direction.

(2) The regulations—

(a) must specify the requirements that may be dis-applied by direction;

(b) must requir‍e the Welsh Ministers to, as soon as reasonably practicable after making a direction—

(i) publish the direction, and

(ii) lay a statement about the direction before Senedd Cymru explaining its effect and why it was made;

(c) may authorise directions to apply in a particular case or cases generally.