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<Text>Tree preservation regulations may make provision for the payment of compensation—</Text>
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<Text>where any consent required under the regulations is refused;</Text>
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<Text>The regulations may provide for an entitlement to compensation—</Text>
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<Text>to apply only in, or to apply except in, cases specified in the regulations;</Text>
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<Text>The regulations may make provision about—</Text>
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