Schedule 1, Paragraph 27: Part 3: Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Section 14: Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects: General
80.Subsection (1) lists the categories of project which are “nationally significant infrastructure projects” for the purposes of the Act. Further details of these categories are given in subsequent sections in Part 3.
81.Subsection (3) of section 14 enables the Secretary of State to make an order which amends the categories of nationally significant infrastructure project. This power is subject to the limitation in subsection (5) that new types of project may be added only if they are projects for the carrying out of works in the fields of energy, transport, water, waste water or waste, and if the works are to be carried out in the areas specified in subsection (7).