Regulation 26 Remediation noticesI1

England and Wales

(1)

If a person has carried out a project on semi-natural and/or uncultivated land or a restructuring project, in breach of regulation 4 or 8, the Welsh Ministers may serve a notice on the person who appears to them to be responsible (“a remediation notice”).

(2)

A remediation notice may require the person—

(a)

to reinstate, to the Welsh Ministers’ satisfaction, the relevant land to the condition it was in before the project was commenced; or

(b)

to take such other steps that the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate to return the land to good environmental condition or to a standard the Welsh Ministers consider reasonable in the circumstances.

(3)

A remediation notice must state the period within which the requirements of the notice are to be completed.

(4)

The Welsh Ministers may, at any time after issuing a remediation notice—

(a)

amend its terms;

(b)

extend the period under paragraph (3); or

(c)

terminate it.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 26 in force at 16.5.2017, see reg. 1(3)