Power of Department to require restocking after unauthorised fellingN.I.
22—(1) The Department may serve a notice under this section (a “restocking notice”) on a person where it appears to the Department that—
(a)the person has committed an offence under section 15(3); and
(b)the person has such an estate in the land in question as is mentioned in section 16(1).
(2) A restocking notice is a notice requiring the person on whom it is served—
(a)to restock or stock with trees of a specified species the land or such other land as may be agreed between the Department and that person; and
(b)to maintain those trees in accordance with the rules and practice of good forestry for a period, not exceeding 5 years, specified in the notice.
Commencement Information
I1S. 22 in operation at 17.6.2013 by S.R. 2013/138, art. 2, Sch.