PART 2REQUIREMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONSENT
Powers to change the requirement or its effect
24Directions specifying that development is not a significant infrastructure project
(1)
The Welsh Ministers may give a direction specifying development that would otherwise be a significant infrastructure project as not being a significant infrastructure project.
(2)
Development specified under this section is not to be treated as a significant infrastructure project for the purposes of this Act.
(3)
The Welsh Ministers may only give a direction under subsection (1) if the development will (when completed) be partly in Wales or the Welsh marine area.
(4)
As soon as reasonably practicable after giving a direction under subsection (1), the Welsh Ministers must—
(a)
publish the direction, and
(b)
lay a statement about the direction before Senedd Cymru explaining its effect and why it was made.