PART 4Felling
CHAPTER 6Continuing conditions on felling permission, felling directions and restocking directions: notices to comply
38Registration of notices to comply
(1)
This section applies—
(a)
if—
(i)
a continuing condition has been imposed on felling permission in respect of land, and
(ii)
the felling to which the felling permission relates has been carried out,
(b)
if a felling direction (including any condition imposed on it) has been given in respect of land,
(c)
if a restocking direction (including any condition imposed on it) has been given in respect of land.
(2)
The Scottish Ministers may apply to register a notice (a “notice to comply”) in relation to that land specifying—
(a)
in the case of a continuing condition on felling permission, the effect of the condition and, if relevant, the date by which it must be complied with,
(b)
in the case of a felling direction or a restocking direction, the effect of the direction and, if relevant, the date by which it must be complied with,
(c)
a description of the land to which the condition or direction relates.
39Registered notices to comply: offence
(1)
An owner of the land to which a registered notice to comply relates commits an offence if that person fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the registered notice to comply.
(2)
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.