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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>Regulations may—</Text>
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<Text>amend this Part to add a new type of significant infrastructure project or vary or remove an existing significant infrastructure project;</Text>
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<Text>make further provision, or amend or repeal existing provision, about the type of project that is, or is not, a significant infrastructure project.</Text>
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<Text>Regulations under subsection (1)(b) may amend this Act.</Text>
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<Text>Regulations under subsection (1) may only add a new type of project or vary an existing type of project if—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>the project, or any variation of an existing project, is for the carrying out of works in one or more of the fields specified in subsection (4), and</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>the works are to be carried out in Wales or the Welsh marine area or both.</Text>
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<Text>The fields are—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>energy;</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>flood prevention;</Text>
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<Text>minerals;</Text>
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<Text>transport;</Text>
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<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
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<Text>water;</Text>
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<Text>waste water;</Text>
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<Text>waste.</Text>
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