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(1)A person mentioned in subsection (2) may apply to the Scottish Ministers for permission to fell a tree (a “felling permission”).
(2)Those persons are—
(a)an owner of the land on which the tree is located,
(b)with the written permission of an owner of the land, an occupier of that land.
(3)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision about applications for felling permission.
(4)Regulations under subsection (3) may, in particular, include provision about—
(a)the way in which applications are to be made,
(b)the information to be provided in applications.
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