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  "heading": "Environmental impact assessment",
  "text": "(1) A farmer must not carry out, on any land, work or operations relating to a relevant project unless—\n(a) consent has been granted for that project by the Commissioners or by the appropriate authority; or\n(b) the project is carried out in accordance with the consent (including any conditions to which the consent is subject).\n(2) A farmer must not carry out work in relation to a relevant project in contravention of a requirement to discontinue that work in an enforcement notice served in accordance with regulation 20 of the EIA (Forestry) Regulations.\n(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) a farmer on whom an enforcement notice has been served in accordance with regulation 20 of the EIA (Forestry) Regulations must not fail, within the period specified in the enforcement notice, to carry out any measure required by the enforcement notice\n(4) In this paragraph—\n(a) “the appropriate authority” and “the Commissioners” have the meanings given to them by regulation 2(1) of the EIA (Forestry) Regulations, and “relevant project” has the meaning given to it by regulation 3(1) of those Regulations; and\n(b) “the EIA (Forestry) Regulations” means the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999.",
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