# The Management of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024, Paragraph 7: Criminal proceedings


(1) If a variable monetary penalty, compliance notice or restoration notice is imposed on any person, or an undertaking offered by a person is accepted by the Regulator under paragraph 4(2), that person may not at any time be convicted of the offence under regulation 7(1) or (2) in respect of the act or omission giving rise to the variable monetary penalty, compliance notice, restoration notice except in a case referred to in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The case referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is a case where—
(a) a restoration notice or compliance notice is imposed on a person or an undertaking is accepted by the Regulator under paragraph 4(2);
(b) no variable monetary penalty is imposed on that person; and
(c) that person fails to comply with the restoration notice, compliance notice or undertaking.
(3) Criminal proceedings for offences triable summarily in connection with a case to which a notice in sub-paragraph (2) relates may be instituted at any time up to six months from the date when the Regulator notifies the person that such person has failed to comply with that notice or undertaking.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348260472/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-management-of-hedgerows-england-regulations-2024/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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