Welsh Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 56 (W. 26)
Town And Country Planning, Wales
The Developments of National Significance (Wales) Regulations 2016
Made
27 January 2016
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
1 February 2016
Coming into force
1 March 2016
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers: conferred on the Secretary of State by section 60 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979(1) and sections 321B and 333 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(2) and now exercisable by them(3); conferred on them by sections 61Z1, 61Z2(4), 62G(5), 319B(6) and 323A(7) of, and paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 4D to that Act(8) and by section 57 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015(9); and conferred on the National Assembly for Wales as the appropriate national authority by sections 17, 24, 40 and 59(1) of the Commons Act 2006(10), and now exercisable by them(11), make the following Regulations:
1979 c. 46. There are amendments to Schedule 1 not relevant to these Regulations.
1990 c. 8. Section 321B was inserted by section 81 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5). Section 333 was amended by section 55 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to, the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4).
The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), see the appropriate entries in Schedule 1. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
Sections 61Z1 and 61Z2 were inserted by section 18 of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015.
Section 62G was inserted by section 20 of that Act.
Section 319B was inserted by the Town and Country Planning (Determination of Procedure) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2773 (W. 280)) and amended by section 27 of, and paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 to, the Planning (Wales) Act 2015.
Section 323A was inserted by section 50 of that Act.
Schedule 4D was inserted by section 26 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to, that Act.
2006 c. 26. “Appropriate national authority” is defined in section 61(1) of that Act.
The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).