The Developments of National Significance (Wales) Regulations 2016

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1990 Act” (“Deddf 1990”) means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

“the 2016 Order” (“Gorchymyn 2016”) means the Developments of National Significance (Procedure) (Wales) Order 2016(1);

“appointed person” (“person penodedig”) means the person appointed in accordance with regulation 10 to exercise the functions specified in regulation 11;

“assessor” (“asesydd”) means a person appointed to sit with an appointed person at a hearing or inquiry or re-opened hearing or inquiry to assist the appointed person;

“document” (“dogfen”) includes a photograph, map or plan;

“electronic communication” (“cyfathrebiad electronig”) has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(2);

“local planning authority” (“awdurdod cynllunio lleol”) means the local planning authority to which but for section 62D of the 1990 Act an application for planning permission would have been made;

“notice of acceptance” (“hysbysiad derbyn”) means notice under article 6 of the 2016 Order that the application is accepted;

“representation” (“sylw”) includes evidence, explanation, information and comments;

“representation period” (“cyfnod sylwadau”) means the period provided for in article 4 of the 2016 Order(3);

“working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday or other public holiday in Wales; and

“written representations” (“sylwadau ysgrifenedig”) includes supporting documents.

(1)

S.I. 2016/ 55 (W. 25).

(2)

2000 c. 7. Section 15(1) was amended by section 406(1) of and paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21).

(3)

Article 4 provides that the representation period is five weeks but the Welsh Ministers may by direction extend this in any particular case.