PART 4Felling
CHAPTER 8Compliance
Powers of entry
52Power of entry: decision to give felling directions or restocking directions
(1)
Subsection (2) applies if the Scottish Ministers have reason to believe that they may need to give—
(a)
a felling direction in relation to a tree or in respect of land,
(b)
a restocking direction in respect of land.
(2)
The Scottish Ministers may enter the land (or, in the case of a felling direction in relation to a tree, the land on which the tree is located) for the purpose of determining whether they need to give a felling direction or a restocking direction.