The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2025

Made: 10 December 2025

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 147(2) of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024[^f00001].

Title

1

The title of this Order is the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2025.

Provisions coming into force on 16 March 2026

2

The following provisions of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 come into force on 16 March 2026—

• (a) section 40(2);

• (b) section 90;

• (c) section 91 to the extent not already in force;

• (d) section 92(1)(c) and (3) to the extent not already in force;

• (e) section 93;

• (f) section 96(5), (6) and (8) to the extent not already in force;

• (g) section 124(3)(a)(ii);

• (h) Schedule 2.

Signed

Rebecca Evans — Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, one of the Welsh Ministers — 10 December 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This is the second commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (“the Act”).

Article 2 of this Order brings the following sections of the Act into force on 16 March 2026—

• (a) section 40(2) (appointing a person or a panel of persons to examine an application to revoke or change an infrastructure consent order);

• (b) section 90 (power to change or revoke infrastructure consent orders);

• (c) section 91 (procedure: changing and revoking infrastructure consent orders);

• (d) section 92(1)(c) and (3) (changing and revoking infrastructure consent orders: formalities) to the extent not already in force;

• (e) section 93 (changing or revoking an infrastructure consent order: compensation);

• (f) section 96(5), (6) and (8) (legal challenges) to the extent not already in force;

• (g) section 124(3)(a)(ii) (fees for performance of infrastructure consent functions and services);

• (h) Schedule 2 (compensation for changing or revoking infrastructure consent orders).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2024 asc 3.

Editorial notes

[^key-74eeb59cbc02bd0559a6768d1e0f6961]: Art. 1 in force at made date

[^key-e8c634795021aef18eb0bff312115524]: Art. 2 in force at made date

[^key-3e30addbfaa93d731b709f19aac53e51]: Words in art. 2(c) inserted (11.3.2026) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Amendment to Commencement Order No. 2) Order 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/68), arts. 1(2), 2(b)