Commentary on Sections Application procedure Section 33 – Deciding on the validity of an application and notifying the applicant
80.Section 33 requires the Welsh Ministers, on receiving an application for infrastructure consent, to decide whether or not to accept an application as valid.
81.An application must be considered valid if it is received within the period specified in regulations and complies with the requirements imposed by or under section 32. The Welsh Ministers must give notice to the applicant of a decision to accept the application as a valid application.
82.Where an application does not comply with the requirements in this section or section 32 and so cannot be accepted by the Welsh Ministers, they must notify the applicant of this decision, and give the reasons why it cannot be accepted as valid.