PART 4EXAMINING APPLICATIONS
Appointing an examining authority
40Appointing an examining authority
1
The Welsh Ministers must appoint a person or a panel of persons to examine each valid application for infrastructure consent.
2
The Welsh Ministers may appoint a person or a panel of persons to examine an application to revoke or change an infrastructure consent order.
3
The Welsh Ministers must publish a document setting out the criteria to be applied in deciding whether to appoint a person or panel of persons under subsection (2).
4
The Welsh Ministers may at any time in relation to an application—
a
revoke an appointment of a person or a person on a panel under this section, or
b
make an appointment of a person or person to a panel under this section.
5
Regulations may make further provision for or in connection with the appointment of an examining authority under subsection (1) or (2).
6
The regulations may include (among other things) provision for or in connection with—
a
appointing members to a panel (including provision about changing membership of a panel and the consequences of any such changes);
b
allocating functions to persons on a panel and decision-making by a panel;
c
replacing a panel with a person or a new panel or replacing a person with a panel or a new person (and the consequences of such changes);
d
conditions of appointment.
7
In this Act, “examining authority” means a person or panel of persons appointed under this section.