33Deciding on the validity of an application and notifying the applicant
(1)Where the Welsh Ministers receive an application for infrastructure consent, they must decide whether or not to accept the application as a valid application.
(2)An application is a valid application if—
(a)it is received by the Welsh Ministers within the period specified in regulations under section 32(4)(g);
(b)it complies with the requirements imposed by or under section 32.
(3)If the Welsh Ministers accept the application the Welsh Ministers must give notice of the decision to the applicant.
(4)If the Welsh Ministers decide that the application cannot be accepted the Welsh Ministers must give notice of their decision to the applicant giving reasons for the decision.
(5)For the purposes of this Act an application is accepted as a valid application on the day on which the Welsh Ministers give the applicant a notice of the decision under subsection (1).