F17Part IIF6... Power to Control Felling of Trees
Word in Pt. II cross-heading omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 52 (with Sch. 7)
Supplementary
27X1Committees of reference for purposes of ss. 16, 20, 21 and 25.
1
References in sections 16, F117B, 20, 21 and 25 of this Act to a committee appointed in accordance with this section are to a committee consisting of—
a
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The members of a committee appointed in relation to a case concerning trees or land in England F12... shall not include any Forestry Commissioner or employee of the Commissioners.
1B
The members of a committee appointed in relation to a case concerning trees or land in Wales shall not include any member or employee of the Natural Resources Body for Wales.
2
The consultation required by subsection (1)(b) above is to be with—
a
the regional advisory committee for the said conservancy; and
b
organisations appearing to the Minister F16... to represent the interests of owners of woodlands and timber merchants respectively; and
c
organisations concerned with the study and promotion of forestry.
3
On any reference being made to them under this Part of this Act a committee appointed in accordance with this section shall—
a
afford to the person concerned with the subject-matter of the reference an opportunity of appearing before them and of making representations to them on the matter in question;
b
if they think fit, or are so required by the said person, inspect the trees or land to which the reference relates; and
c
For purposes of this subsection “the person concerned with the subject-matter of the reference” is the person at whose request the reference was made, except that in the case of a reference by the Minister F5... of a notice under section 21 it is the person by whom the notice was given.
4
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Act repealed (S.) (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with ss. 80, 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 3-22 (as amended (18.3.2021) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/44), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(b)(3)(a)))