Part 7

Crown application of planning Acts
Chapter 2

Scotland

Trees

Tree preservation orders: Scotland
95
For section 162 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (Orders affecting land where Forestry Commissioners interested) there is substituted the following section—

Tree preservation: Forestry Commissioners
162
1
A tree preservation order does not have effect in respect of anything done—
a
by or on behalf of the Forestry Commissioners on land placed at their disposal in pursuance of the Forestry Act 1967 or otherwise under their management or supervision;
b
by or on behalf of any other person in accordance with a relevant plan which is for the time being in force.
2
A relevant plan is a plan of operations or other working plan approved by the Forestry Commissioners under—
a
a forestry dedication agreement within the meaning of section 5 of the Forestry Act 1967, or
b
conditions of a grant or loan made under section 1 of the Forestry Act 1979.
3
A reference to a provision of the Forestry Act 1967 or the Forestry Act 1979 includes a reference to a corresponding provision replaced by that provision or any earlier corresponding provision.
S. 95 in force at 12.6.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/268, art. 3(b)