Overview of the Structure Other infrastructure provisions
Section 18 repeals section 14 of the Energy Act 1976 that requires developers or operators to give written notice to the Secretary of State for proposals to establish or convert electricity generating stations to be fuelled by natural gas or petroleum.
	Section 19 amends the Gas Act 1986 to clarify that licences under that Act for gas transporters (companies licensed to operate a gas grid) may contain certain conditions requiring gas transporters to make payments to other persons holding licences under Part 1 of that Act, including other gas transporters and gas interconnectors.
	Sections 20 and 21 provide powers to vary consents for energy infrastructure projects granted under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 and to make associated directions deeming planning permission to be granted under section 90 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 where such variation occurs.
	Section 22 inserts a new section in the Planning Act 2008. The new section is concerned with projects granted consent under pre-Planning Act legislation where the consents concerned have been varied or replaced under that legislation. The intention of this new section is to avoid any suggestion that as well as the varied or replaced pre-Planning Act consents, changes to such projects also require development consent under the Planning Act.
	Section 23 removes the need for three separate certification and consent procedures. These issues can be dealt with as part of the examination process for an application for development consent.
	Section 24 repeals provisions under the Planning Act 2008 applying special parliamentary procedure where land belonging to a local authority or a statutory undertaker is compulsorily acquired. It also removes the requirement for the Secretary of State to issue a certificate once satisfied that an order under that Act authorising compulsory acquisition of land, or rights over land, forming part of a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment should not be subject to special parliamentary procedure. It also provides additional circumstances in which the Secretary of State may determine that an order authorising acquisition of open space will not be subject to that procedure.
	Section 25 makes modifications to special parliamentary procedure by amending the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure Act) 1945 to ensure that orders under the Planning Act 2008 (“the 2008 Act”), the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, and specified provisions in a number of other Acts, which are subject to special parliamentary procedure because they authorise compulsory acquisition of land falling into a special category, will be subject to this procedure only to the extent that these authorise acquisition of that land.
	Section 26 amends the scope of the planning regime for nationally significant infrastructure under the 2008 Act to include significant commercial and business development.
	Section 27 amends the provisions in the 2008 Act dealing with development consent orders for nationally significant highways projects so that section 144(2) only applies to such orders that authorise the charging of tolls and not to orders that authorise other road user charges. It also removes an existing limitation on the ability of development consent orders under the 2008 Act to provide for the transfer and appropriation of roads.
	Section 28 gives the Mayor of London the power to delegate his decisions on whether to ‘call-in’ planning applications of potential strategic importance for his own determination; and similarly to delegate decisions on whether to grant permission in cases where an application has been called-in.