Commentary on Sections Decision maker Section 55 – Functions of deciding applications
147.Section 55 states that the examining authority has the function of deciding applications for infrastructure consent of a description specified in regulations and that the Welsh Ministers have the function of deciding any other application for infrastructure consent.
148.Subsection (4) provides that the Welsh Ministers may direct that an examining authority has the function of deciding the application instead of the Welsh Ministers, or that the Welsh Ministers have the function of deciding an application instead of an examining authority.