Regulation 23 Offence of carrying out a project without a decision under these Regulations

Any person who begins or carries out an uncultivated land project or a restructuring project in breach of—

is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

In any proceedings under this regulation which relate to an uncultivated land project, any area of land which the prosecution alleges to be uncultivated land shall be assumed to be uncultivated land unless sufficient evidence is adduced to raise an issue that it is not uncultivated land, in which case the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that the land is uncultivated land.