(1)This sections applies to directions under sections 22, 23 and 24.
(2)A direction may be given subject to conditions.
(3)A direction may specify the period for which it has effect.
(4)The Welsh Ministers may give a direction following a qualifying request from a developer or where there is not a qualifying request from a developer.
(5)The Welsh Ministers are not required to consider a request for a direction unless it is a qualifying request from a developer.
(6)If the Welsh Ministers receive a qualifying request, they must give reasons for their decision to give or not to give the requested direction to the person who made the request.
(7)In this section—
“developer” (“datblygwr”) means—
a person who proposes to carry out any of the development to which the request relates;
a person who has applied, or proposes to apply, for a section 20 consent in relation to any of that development;
a person who, if a direction under section 22(1) is given in relation to that development, proposes to apply for infrastructure consent for any of that development;
“qualifying request” (“archiad cymhwysol”) means a written request for a direction that specifies the development to which it relates.