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Introductory Text
PART 1 Overview of Act
1.Overview of Act
PART 2 Forestry functions
CHAPTER 1 General forestry functions
Duty to promote sustainable forest management
2.Duty to promote sustainable forest management
Forestry strategy
3.Duty to prepare forestry strategy
4.Preparation and revision of forestry strategy
5.Publication of forestry strategy
6.Duty to have regard to forestry strategy
7.Report on forestry strategy
Duty to make arrangements for research
8.Duty to make arrangements for research in relation to the promotion of sustainable forest management
CHAPTER 2 Tree health and silvicultural material testing functions
9.Transfer of Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 functions
10.Transfer of Plant Health Act 1967 functions
PART 3 Management of land by Scottish Ministers
Management of forested land
11.Management of forested land
12.Meaning of “forested land”
13.Meaning of “national forest estate”
Forestry information
14.Duty to publish information on forestry
Management of land to further sustainable development
15.Management of land to further sustainable development
Duty to publish map of land managed by Scottish Ministers
16.Duty to publish map of land managed by Scottish Ministers
Power to enter into arrangements
17.Power to enter into arrangements
Acquisition and disposal of land
18.Power to acquire land by agreement
19.Compulsory purchase of land
20.Power to dispose of land
PART 4 Felling
CHAPTER 1 Overview and key terms
21.Overview of Part 4
22.Key terms in Part 4
CHAPTER 2 Offence of unauthorised felling
23.Offence of unauthorised felling
24.Unauthorised felling: exemptions
CHAPTER 3 Felling permission
25.Applications for felling permission
26.False or misleading information in applications: offence
27.Decisions on applications
28.Continuing conditions on felling permission: offence
29.Variation of felling permission
30.Suspension of felling permission
31.Revocation of felling permission
32.Compensation for refusal of felling permission
33.Felling of trees subject to tree preservation orders
CHAPTER 4 Felling directions
34.Felling directions
35.Felling directions: offence
CHAPTER 5 Restocking directions
36.Restocking directions
37.Restocking directions: offence
CHAPTER 6 Continuing conditions on felling permission, felling directions and restocking directions: notices to comply
38.Registration of notices to comply
39.Registered notices to comply: offence
CHAPTER 7 Registration of notices under Chapters 6 and 8
40.Registration of notices of variation
41.Registration of notices of discharge from compliance
42.Meaning of “register”
43.Descriptions of land
44.Receipt of notices by Keeper
CHAPTER 8 Compliance
Temporary stop notices
45.Temporary stop notices
46.Temporary stop notices: offence
47.Temporary stop notices: compensation
Requests for information
48.Requests for information
49.Requests for information: offence
Site visits
50.Site visits with consent of owner or occupier
Powers of entry
51.Power of entry: unauthorised felling
52.Power of entry: decision to give felling directions or restocking directions
53.Power of entry: failure to comply
Remedial notices
54.Remedial notices
55.Remedial notices: offence
56.Registration of remedial notices
57.Registered remedial notices: offence
Giving documents to owner or occupier
58.Giving documents to owner or occupier
Step-in power
59.Step-in power
Powers of entry and step-in power: application to court
60.Powers of entry and step-in power: application to court
Powers of entry and step-in power: offences
61.Powers of entry and step-in power: offences
Powers of entry and step-in power: further provision
62.Powers of entry and step-in power: further provision
Step-in power: recovery of expenses
63.Step-in power: recovery of expenses
64.Registration of notices of liability for expenses
65.Recovery of expenses from new owner of land
66.Registration of notices of discharge of liability for expenses
Time limit for prosecution
67.Time limit for prosecution
CHAPTER 9 Appeals
68.Appeals against decisions by Scottish Ministers
PART 5 General powers
69.Information, research and education etc.
70.Power to form companies etc.
71.Financial assistance
72.Charging
73.Chief forester
74.Arrangements for carrying out forestry and land management functions
75.Report on operation of administrative arrangements
PART 6 General and final provisions
76.Regulations
77.Ancillary provision
78.Interpretation
79.Modifications of enactments and repeals
80.Saving of existing forestry dedication agreements
81.Forestry Commissioners' functions no longer exercisable in Scotland
82.Index of defined expressions
83.Crown application: general
84.Crown application: powers of entry
85.Commencement
86.Short title
SCHEDULE 1
MODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS
Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947
1.In section 1(1) of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure)...
Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
2.In section 160(7) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland)...
SCHEDULE 2
REPEALS
SCHEDULE 3
INDEX OF DEFINED EXPRESSIONS