PART 2REQUIREMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONSENT
Powers to change the requirement or its effect
22Directions specifying development as a significant infrastructure project
1
The Welsh Ministers may give a direction specifying development as a significant infrastructure project.
2
The Welsh Ministers may only give a direction under subsection (1) if—
a
the development will (when completed) be wholly or partly in Wales or the Welsh marine area,
b
the development is or forms part of a project (or proposed project) that the Welsh Ministers consider to be of national significance to Wales, either by itself or when considered with one or more other projects, and
c
the development is or forms part of a project (or proposed project) of a kind specified in regulations.
3
A direction under subsection (1) applies to a development partly in Wales or the Welsh marine area only to the extent that the development is in Wales or the Welsh marine area.
4
The Welsh Ministers may require an authority within subsection (5) to provide any information required by the Welsh Ministers for the purpose of enabling them to decide—
a
whether to give a direction under subsection (1), and
b
the terms in which such a direction should be given.
5
An authority is within this subsection if an application for a section 20 consent in relation to the development has been, or may be, made to it.