Section 4 – Gas reception facilities
11.Section 4 states the circumstances in which development related to gas reception facilities will be a Significant Infrastructure Project. These are:
the construction of a gas reception facility in Wales or the Welsh marine area where the maximum flow rate of the facility is expected to exceed 4.5 million standard cubic metres per day;
the alteration of a gas reception facility where the maximum flow rate of the existing facility is expected to increase by at least 4.5 million standard cubic metres per day.
12.In addition, subsection (3) specifies that to qualify as a Significant Infrastructure Project, —
the gas reception facility must not handle gas that originates in Wales, England, or Scotland, the territorial sea adjacent to those territories or the Renewable Energy Zone. The “Renewable Energy Zone” is the area of the sea outside the territorial sea of the United Kingdom where the UK has exploitation rights for energy production under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (Cmnd 8941);
the gas handled by the facility must not have arrived at the facility from England or Scotland, and must not have already been handled at another facility after its arrival in Wales or the marine area.
