Welsh Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1877 (W.186)

The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2002

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" Declaration to accompany application to a local planning authority in Wales for planning permission for certain telecommunications developments.
     5A.  - (1) This article applies to any application for planning permission which:


(a) is made to a local planning authority in Wales; and

(b) relates to development which involves the construction or installation of one or more antennas for the purpose of operating a telecommunications system .



    (2) For the purposes of this Article - 



"telecommunications system" has the meaning assigned to that term by section 4(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1984[4] (meaning of "telecommunications system" and related expressions);

    (3) An application to which this Article applies must be accompanied by a written declaration that the equipment and installation to which the application relates is so designed that it will, when constructed or installed, operate, having regard to its location and the manner in which it has been constructed or installed, in full compliance with the requirements of the radio frequency public exposure guidelines of the International Commission on Non-ionising Radiation Protection, as expressed in EU Council recommendation of 12 July 1999[5] on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz)."

Transitional provisions
     4. The amendments made to the 1995 Order by this Order do not apply in relation to applications for planning permission which are made before this Order comes into force.



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[6]


John Marek
The Deputy Presiding Officer of the Assembly

18th July 2002

[2] The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 59, 61(1), 65, 69, 71, 73(3), 74, 77(4), 78, 79(4), 188, 193, 196(4), and 333(7), and paragraphs 5, 6, 7(6) and 8(6) of Schedule 1, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672.back

[3] S.I. 1995/419.back

[4] 1984 c. 12; section 10 was amended by S.I. 1997/2930.back

[5] 1999/519/EC.back

[6] 1998 c. 38.back