http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/3/section/143/enactedInfrastructure (Wales) Act 2024enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2024-06-13PART 9GENERAL PROVISIONSGeneral
143General interpretation1

In this Act—

airport” (“maes awyr”) has the meaning given by section 82(1) of the Airports Act 1986 (c. 31);

alteration” (“addasu”), in relation to an airport, must be read in accordance with section 11(4);

alteration” (“addasu”), in relation to a highway, includes stopping up the highway or diverting, improving, raising or lowering it;

building” (“adeilad”) has the meaning given by section 336(1) of TCPA 1990;

construction” (“adeiladu”), in relation to so much of a generating station as comprises or is to comprise renewable energy installations, has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) (see section 104 of that Act) (and related expressions must be read accordingly); and in this definition “renewable energy installation” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2004 (see section 104 of that Act);

Crown land” (“tir y Goron”) has the meaning given by section 134;

development” (“datblygiad”) has the meaning given by section 133;

devolved Welsh authority” (“awdurdod Cymreig datganoledig”) has the meaning given by section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32);

electric line” (“llinell drydan”) has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29) (see section 64(1) of that Act);

enactment” (“deddfiad”) includes any enactment whenever passed or made;

examining authority” (“awdurdod archwilio”) has the meaning given by section 40(7);

extension” (“estyniad”), in relation to a generating station, has the meaning given by section 36(9) of the Electricity Act 1989 (and “extend” must be read accordingly);

gas” (“nwy”) includes natural gas;

generating station” (“gorsaf gynhyrchu”) has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 (see section 64(1) of that Act);

goods” (“nwyddau”) has the meaning given by section 83(1) of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43);

harbour” (“harbwr”) and “harbour authority” (“awdurdod harbwr”) have the meanings given by section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964 (c. 40);

highway” (“priffordd”) has the meaning given by section 328 of the Highways Act 1980;

“highway authority”(“awdurdod priffyrdd”) has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66) (see sections 1 to 3 of that Act);

improvement” (“gwella”), in relation to a highway, has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980;

infrastructure consent” (“cydsyniad seilwaith”) means the consent required by section 19;

infrastructure consent order” (“gorchymyn cydsyniad seilwaith”) means an order made under this Act granting infrastructure consent;

“infrastructure policy statement”(“datganiad polisi seilwaith”) has the meaning given by section 127(2);

land” (“tir”) includes buildings, monuments and land covered with waters (including the sea bed); and in relation to Part 6 (infrastructure consent orders) must be read in accordance with section 102;

LNG facility” (“cyfleuster LNG”) must be read in accordance with section 3;

local impact report” (“adroddiad ar yr effaith leol”) has the meaning given by section 36(4);

marine impact report” (“adroddiad effaith ar y môr”) has the meaning given by section 37(4);

minerals” (“mwynau”) includes all substances ordinarily worked for removal (including in the sea);

monument” (“heneb”) has the same meaning as in the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc. 3) (see section 2 of that Act);

natural gas” (“nwy naturiol”) means any gas derived from natural strata (including gas originating outside the United Kingdom);

planning authority” (“awdurdod cynllunio”) means a local planning authority within the meaning given by Part 1 of the TCPA 1990 for an area in Wales;

planning permission” (“caniatâd cynllunio”) means permission under Part 3 of TCPA 1990;

pre-application services” (“gwasanaethau cyn gwneud cais”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 27(2);

public authority” (“awdurdod cyhoeddus”) means any person who has any function of a public nature;

rail freight interchange” (“cyfnewidfa nwyddau rheilffordd”) means a facility for the transfer of goods between railway and road, or between railway and another form of transport;

railway” (“rheilffordd”) has the meaning given by section 67(1) of the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42);

regulations” (“rheolidau”) means regulations made by the Welsh Ministers;

section 20 consent” (“cydsyniad adran 20”) means a permission, authorisation, consent, order, or scheme mentioned in section 20 (effect of requirement for infrastructure consent on other consenting regimes)”;

significant infrastructure project” (“prosiect seilwaith arwyddocaol”) has the meaning given by Part 1;

special road” (“ffordd arbennig”) means a highway which is a special road in accordance with section 16 of the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66) or by virtue of an infrastructure consent order;

special Senedd procedure” (“gweithdrefn arbennig y Senedd”) means the procedure specified in the standing orders of Senedd Cymru for subordinate legislation that is subject to special Senedd procedure;

standard” (“safonol”), in relation to a volume of gas, means the volume of gas at a pressure of 101.325 kiloPascals and a temperature of 273 Kelvin;

TCPA 1990” (“DCGTh 1990”) means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);

trunk road” (“cefnffordd”) means a highway which is a trunk road by virtue of—

a

section 10(1) or 19 of the Highways Act 1980,

b

an order or direction under section 10 of that Act, or

c

an infrastructure consent order,

or under any other enactment;

use” (“defnyddio”) has the meaning given by section 336(1) of TCPA 1990;

Wales” (“Cymru”) means the combined area of the counties and county boroughs in Wales (see Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70));

Welsh marine area” (“ardal forol Cymru”) means the sea adjacent to Wales out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea; and the question of which parts of the sea are adjacent to Wales is to be determined in accordance with article 6 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

2

A reference in this Act to a right over land includes—

a

a reference to a right to do, or to place and maintain, anything in, on or under land or in the space above its surface;

b

a reference to a restrictive covenant.

3

A reference in this Act to the acquisition of land, as it applies to a right over land, and a reference to the acquisition of a right over land includes—

a

acquiring the right by the creation of a new right as well as by the acquisition of an existing one;

b

the imposition of a restrictive covenant.

4

A reference in this Act to the sea includes the bed and subsoil of the sea.

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<num>PART 9</num>
<heading>GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-9-crossheading-general">
<heading>General</heading>
<section eId="section-143">
<num>143</num>
<heading>General interpretation</heading>
<subsection eId="section-143-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In this Act—</p>
<blockList class="unordered">
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-airport">airport</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-maes-awyr">
<em>maes awyr</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 82(1) of the Airports Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/31">1986 (c. 31)</ref>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-alteration">alteration</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-addasu">
<em>addasu</em>
</term>
”), in relation to an airport, must be read in accordance with section 11(4);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-alteration">alteration</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-addasu">
<em>addasu</em>
</term>
”), in relation to a highway, includes stopping up the highway or diverting, improving, raising or lowering it;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-building">building</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-adeilad">
<em>adeilad</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 336(1) of TCPA 1990;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-construction">construction</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-adeiladu">
<em>adeiladu</em>
</term>
”), in relation to so much of a generating station as comprises or is to comprise renewable energy installations, has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Energy Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/20">2004 (c. 20)</ref>
(see section 104 of that Act) (and related expressions must be read accordingly); and in this definition “
<term refersTo="#term-renewable-energy-installation">renewable energy installation</term>
” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2004 (see section 104 of that Act);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-crown-land">Crown land</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-tir-y-goron">
<em>tir y Goron</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 134;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-development">development</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-datblygiad">
<em>datblygiad</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 133;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-devolved-welsh-authority">devolved Welsh authority</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-awdurdod-cymreig-datganoledig">
<em>awdurdod Cymreig datganoledig</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 157A of the Government of Wales Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32">2006 (c. 32)</ref>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-electric-line">electric line</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-llinell-drydan">
<em>llinell drydan</em>
</term>
”) has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Electricity Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29">1989 (c. 29)</ref>
(see section 64(1) of that Act);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-enactment">enactment</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-deddfiad">
<em>deddfiad</em>
</term>
”) includes any enactment whenever passed or made;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-examining-authority">examining authority</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-awdurdod-archwilio">
<em>awdurdod archwilio</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 40(7);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-extension">extension</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-estyniad">
<em>estyniad</em>
</term>
”), in relation to a generating station, has the meaning given by section 36(9) of the Electricity Act 1989 (and “extend” must be read accordingly);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-gas">gas</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-nwy">
<em>nwy</em>
</term>
”) includes natural gas;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-generating-station">generating station</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-gorsaf-gynhyrchu">
<em>gorsaf gynhyrchu</em>
</term>
”) has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 (see section 64(1) of that Act);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-goods">goods</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-nwyddau">
<em>nwyddau</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 83(1) of the Railways Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/43">1993 (c. 43)</ref>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-harbour">harbour</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-harbwr">
<em>harbwr</em>
</term>
”) and “
<term refersTo="#term-harbour-authority">harbour authority</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-awdurdod-harbwr">
<em>awdurdod harbwr</em>
</term>
”) have the meanings given by section 57(1) of the Harbours Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/40">1964 (c. 40)</ref>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-highway">highway</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-priffordd">
<em>priffordd</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 328 of the Highways Act 1980;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
“highway authority”(“
<term refersTo="#term-awdurdod-priffyrdd">
<em>awdurdod priffyrdd</em>
</term>
”) has the same meaning as in the Highways Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/66">1980 (c. 66)</ref>
(see sections 1 to 3 of that Act);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-improvement">improvement</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-gwella">
<em>gwella</em>
</term>
”), in relation to a highway, has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-infrastructure-consent">infrastructure consent</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-cydsyniad-seilwaith">
<em>cydsyniad seilwaith</em>
</term>
”) means the consent required by section 19;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-infrastructure-consent-order">infrastructure consent order</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-gorchymyn-cydsyniad-seilwaith">
<em>gorchymyn cydsyniad seilwaith</em>
</term>
”) means an order made under this Act granting infrastructure consent;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
“infrastructure policy statement”(“
<term refersTo="#term-datganiad-polisi-seilwaith">
<em>datganiad polisi seilwaith</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 127(2);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-land">land</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-tir">
<em>tir</em>
</term>
”) includes buildings, monuments and land covered with waters (including the sea bed); and in relation to Part 6 (infrastructure consent orders) must be read in accordance with section 102;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-lng-facility">LNG facility</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-cyfleuster-lng">
<em>cyfleuster LNG</em>
</term>
”) must be read in accordance with section 3;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-local-impact-report">local impact report</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-adroddiad-ar-yr-effaith-leol">
<em>adroddiad ar yr effaith leol</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 36(4);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-marine-impact-report">marine impact report</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-adroddiad-effaith-ar-y-môr">
<em>adroddiad effaith ar y môr</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 37(4);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-minerals">minerals</term>
” (“
<em>mwynau”) </em>
includes all substances ordinarily worked for removal (including in the sea);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-monument">monument</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-heneb">
<em>heneb</em>
</term>
”) has the same meaning as in the
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2023/3">Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc. 3)</ref>
(see section 2 of that Act);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-natural-gas">natural gas</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-nwy-naturiol">
<em>nwy naturiol</em>
</term>
”) means any gas derived from natural strata (including gas originating outside the United Kingdom);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-planning-authority">planning authority</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-awdurdod-cynllunio">
<em>awdurdod cynllunio</em>
</term>
”) means a local planning authority within the meaning given by Part 1 of the TCPA 1990 for an area in Wales;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-planning-permission">planning permission</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-caniatâd-cynllunio">
<em>caniatâd cynllunio</em>
</term>
”) means permission under Part 3 of TCPA 1990;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-pre-application-services">pre-application services</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-gwasanaethau-cyn-gwneud-cais">
<em>gwasanaethau cyn gwneud cais</em>
</term>
”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 27(2);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-public-authority">public authority</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-awdurdod-cyhoeddus">
<em>awdurdod cyhoeddus</em>
</term>
”) means any person who has any function of a public nature;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-rail-freight-interchange">rail freight interchange</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-cyfnewidfa-nwyddau-rheilffordd">
<em>cyfnewidfa nwyddau rheilffordd</em>
</term>
”) means a facility for the transfer of goods between railway and road, or between railway and another form of transport;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-railway">railway</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-rheilffordd">
<em>rheilffordd</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 67(1) of the Transport and Works Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42">1992 (c. 42)</ref>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-regulations">regulations</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-rheolidau">
<em>rheolidau</em>
</term>
”) means regulations made by the Welsh Ministers;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-section-20-consent">section 20 consent</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-cydsyniad-adran-20">
<em>cydsyniad adran 20</em>
</term>
”) means a permission, authorisation, consent, order, or scheme mentioned in section 20 (effect of requirement for infrastructure consent on other consenting regimes)”;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-significant-infrastructure-project">significant infrastructure project</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-prosiect-seilwaith-arwyddocaol">
<em>prosiect seilwaith arwyddocaol</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by Part 1;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-special-road">special road</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-ffordd-arbennig">
<em>ffordd arbennig</em>
</term>
”) means a highway which is a special road in accordance with section 16 of the Highways Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/66">1980 (c. 66)</ref>
or by virtue of an infrastructure consent order;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-special-senedd-procedure">special Senedd procedure</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-gweithdrefn-arbennig-y-senedd">
<em>gweithdrefn arbennig y Senedd</em>
</term>
”) means the procedure specified in the standing orders of Senedd Cymru for subordinate legislation that is subject to special Senedd procedure;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-standard">standard</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-safonol">
<em>safonol</em>
</term>
”), in relation to a volume of gas, means the volume of gas at a pressure of 101.325 kiloPascals and a temperature of 273 Kelvin;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-tcpa-1990">TCPA 1990</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-dcgth-1990">
<em>DCGTh 1990</em>
</term>
”) means the Town and Country Planning Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/8">1990 (c. 8)</ref>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-trunk-road">trunk road</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-cefnffordd">
<em>cefnffordd</em>
</term>
”) means a highway which is a trunk road by virtue of—
</p>
<blockList class="ordered">
<item>
<num>a</num>
<p>section 10(1) or 19 of the Highways Act 1980,</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>b</num>
<p>an order or direction under section 10 of that Act, or</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>c</num>
<p>an infrastructure consent order,</p>
</item>
</blockList>
<p>or under any other enactment;</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-use">use</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-defnyddio">
<em>defnyddio</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 336(1) of TCPA 1990;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-wales">Wales</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-cymru">
<em>Cymru</em>
</term>
”) means the combined area of the counties and county boroughs in Wales (see Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">1972 (c. 70)</ref>
);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-welsh-marine-area">Welsh marine area</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-ardal-forol-cymru">
<em>ardal forol Cymru</em>
</term>
”) means the sea adjacent to Wales out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea; and the question of which parts of the sea are adjacent to Wales is to be determined in accordance with article 6 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/672">S.I. 1999/672</ref>
).
</p>
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<subsection eId="section-143-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>A reference in this Act to a right over land includes—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-143-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a reference to a right to do, or to place and maintain, anything in, on or under land or in the space above its surface;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-143-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a reference to a restrictive covenant.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-143-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>A reference in this Act to the acquisition of land, as it applies to a right over land, and a reference to the acquisition of a right over land includes—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-143-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>acquiring the right by the creation of a new right as well as by the acquisition of an existing one;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-143-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the imposition of a restrictive covenant.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-143-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>A reference in this Act to the sea includes the bed and subsoil of the sea.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
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