Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024

96 Legal challenges

(1) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning an infrastructure consent order only if—

(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and

(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day—

(i) on which the order is published, or

(ii) if later, the day on which the statement of reasons for making the order is published.

(2) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning a refusal of infrastructure consent only if—

(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and

(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day on which the statement of reasons for the refusal is published.

(3) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning a decision under section 33 not to accept an application as a valid application for infrastructure consent only if—

(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and

(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day on which the applicant is notified as required by subsection (4) of that section.

(4) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning a decision under section 87 in relation to an error in a decision document only if—

(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and

(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day on which a notice is given to the applicant under section 87(5) or, if the correction is required to be made by order contained in a statutory instrument, the day after the day on which the order is published.

(5) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning a decision under section 90(1) to make a change to or revoke an infrastructure consent order only if—

(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and

(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day on which notice of the change is given under section 91(6) or, if the change or revocation is required to be made by order contained in a statutory instrument, the day after the day on which the order making the change or revocation is published.

(6) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning anything else done, or omitted to be done, by an examining authority or the Welsh Ministers in relation to an application for infrastructure consent or an application to change or revoke an infrastructure consent order only if—

(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and

(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the relevant day.

(7) “The relevant day” means—

(a) in relation to an application for infrastructure consent, the day on which—

(i) the application is withdrawn,

(ii) the infrastructure consent order is published or (if later) the statement of reasons for making the order is published, or

(iii) the statement of reasons for the refusal of infrastructure consent is published;

(b) in relation to an application for change or revocation of an infrastructure consent order, a day specified in regulations.

(8) Subsections (6) and (7) do not apply in relation to—

(a) a failure to decide an application for infrastructure consent or an application to change or revoke an infrastructure consent order, or

(b) anything which delays (or is likely to delay) the decision on such an application.