# The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) Regulations 2006, Regulation 5: Requirement for a screening decision


(1) A person must not begin or carry out an uncultivated land project or a restructuring project of an extent which is equal to or exceeds the threshold applicable to it (calculated in accordance with regulation 5) unless he has first obtained a screening decision permitting the project to proceed.
(2) A person must not begin or carry out any uncultivated land project or restructuring project on land to which a relevant screening notice applies unless he has first obtained a screening decision permitting the project to proceed.
(3) In this regulation, “relevant screening notice” means a screening notice which states that it applies to the type of project which is to be carried out.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2362/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-agriculture-england-regulations-2006/regulation-5
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