Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10)

[F1 Part I E+W+S Forestry and Afforestation in Great Britain

Textual Amendments

F1 Act repealed (S.) (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with ss. 80, 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 3-22 (as amended (18.3.2021) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/44), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(b)(3)(a)))

[F2 8A General duty of Ministers. E+W+S

In performing their functions under this Act the Ministers shall have regard to the national interest in maintaining and expanding the forestry resources [F3 of [F4 England or (as the case may be) Wales] F5 ...].]]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 8A inserted by Forestry Act 1981 (c. 39, SIF 54), s. 4

F3 Words in s. 8A substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para.3

F4 Words in s. 8A substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 51 (with Sch. 7)

F5 Words in s. 8A omitted (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 11; S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2