8.—(1) Where paragraph (2) applies, no person may begin or carry out a project involving restructuring of rural land holdings on agricultural land without first obtaining a screening opinion in accordance with regulations 10 to 12.
(2) This paragraph applies where—
(a)the project, or any part of it, is to be carried out in a sensitive area; or
(b)the project is to be carried out wholly outside a sensitive area and the extent of the project is equal to or exceeds the threshold applicable to it calculated in accordance with regulation 9.