The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 No. 1036

SCHEDULE 1 Consequential provisions – primary legislation

PART 2 Provisions consequential upon transfer of functions from agricultural land tribunals for areas in England

Forestry Act 1967

199.  In the Forestry Act 1967, in section 34 (meaning of “owner” in Part 2)—

(a) in subsection (2)(b), for “Agricultural Land Tribunal established under Part V of the Agriculture Act 1947” substitute “appropriate tribunal”; and

(b) after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), “appropriate tribunal” means—

(a) where the land (or the greater part of the land) is in England, the First-tier Tribunal; and

(b) where the land (or the greater part of the land) is in Wales, the Agricultural Land Tribunal established under Part V of the Agriculture Act 1947.”