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(1.4.2019) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2018/8" id="cfqvk4yo3-00014" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2018" Number="8" Title="Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018">Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfqvk4yo3-00014" id="cc169792453438" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2018/8/section/85/2" SectionRef="section-85-2">s. 85(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfqvk4yo3-00014" id="cc117869438319" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2018/8/schedule/2" SectionRef="schedule-2" Operative="true">sch. 2</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfqvk4yo3-00014" id="cc142868986015" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2018/8/section/80" SectionRef="section-80">ss. 80</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfqvk4yo3-00014" id="cc175389705851" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2018/8/section/83" SectionRef="section-83">83</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/47" id="cfqvk4yo3-00019" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="47" Title="The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2019">S.S.I. 2019/47</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfqvk4yo3-00019" id="cc171491366684" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/47/regulation/2" SectionRef="regulation-2">reg. 2</CitationSubRef> (with transitional provisions and savings in <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfqvk4yo3-00019" id="cc193375551867" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/47/regulation/3" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/47/regulation/22" StartSectionRef="regulation-3" EndSectionRef="regulation-22">regs. 3-22</CitationSubRef> (as amended (18.3.2021) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2021/44" id="c7rn0vsx4-00016" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2021" Number="44" Title="The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021">The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/44)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c7rn0vsx4-00016" id="cc189592801110" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2021/44/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c7rn0vsx4-00016" id="cc176691422403" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2021/44/regulation/11/2" SectionRef="regulation-11-2" Operative="true">11(2)(b)(3)(a)</CitationSubRef>))</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>