# The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Wales) Regulations 2017, Regulation 21: Offence of carrying out a project without a decision under these Regulations

Extent: E+W

(1) It is an offence to commence or carry out a project on semi-natural and/or uncultivated land, or a restructuring project, in breach of regulation 4 or 8.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
(3) In any proceedings under this regulation which relate to a project on semi-natural and/or uncultivated land, any area of land which the prosecution alleges to be uncultivated or semi-natural land will be assumed to be uncultivated or semi-natural land, in which case the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that the land is uncultivated or semi-natural land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/565/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-agriculture-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-21
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