Government Response: The Infrastructure Consent (Compensation for Changing or Revoking Infrastructure Consent Orders) (Wales) Regulations 2026

Technical Scrutiny point 1: The Welsh Government acknowledges it would have been more consistent to include definitions of the terms “land” and “minerals” in regulation 2(4) by reference to section 143(1) of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (“the 2024 Act”). However, we consider the meaning of those terms is clear in the context they are used. The terms are used in regulation 2(1)(a). This provision sets out what information must be included in a claim for compensation under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2024 Act. Paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 to the 2024 Act sets out the categories of persons entitled to make such a claim. Regulation 2(1)(a) will be read in this context. Therefore, the Welsh Government considers it is sufficiently clear that regulation 2(1)(a)(iii) requires a claimant to include a statement identifying into which category of persons entitled to make a claim for compensation they fall.