Part 4Miscellaneous and general
Forestry
53Forestry: offence of unauthorised felling
(1)
The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 is modified as follows.
(2)
In section 23 (offence of unauthorised felling)—
(a)
in subsection (1), after “fells” insert “or knowingly causes or permits another person to fell”
,
(b)
after subsection (3), insert—
“(4)
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to show that the person reasonably believed that the felling was carried out in accordance with a permission, direction or notice mentioned in paragraph (b)(i) to (vi) of that subsection.”.