Offences
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37. Any person who begins or carries out a project without first obtaining either a decision that the project is not an EIA project or a decision granting consent for an EIA project in accordance with these Regulations commits an offence under this regulation and is liable—
(a)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine,
unless the project is an exempt project under regulation 3.