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(1)Subject to the provisions of this section and section 212, any person who, in relation to a tree to which this section applies, does any act which might by virtue of section 198(3)(a) be prohibited by a tree preservation order shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)Subject to section 212, this section applies to any tree in a conservation area in respect of which no tree preservation order is for the time being in force.
(3)It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove—
(a)that he served notice of his intention to do the act in question (with sufficient particulars to identify the tree) on the local planning authority in whose area the tree is or was situated; and
(b)that he did the act in question—
(i)with the consent of the local planning authority in whose area the tree is or was situated, or
(ii)after the expiry of the period of six weeks from the date of the notice but before the expiry of the period of two years from that date.
(4)Section 210 shall apply to an offence under this section as it applies to a contravention of a tree preservation order.
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations direct that section 211 shall not apply in such cases as may be specified in the regulations.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may be framed so as to exempt from the application of that section cases defined by reference to all or any of the following matters—
(a)acts of such descriptions or done in such circumstances or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the regulations;
(b)trees in such conservation areas as may be so specified;
(c)trees of a size or species so specified; or
(d)trees belonging to persons or bodies of a description so specified.
(3)The regulations may, in relation to any matter by reference to which an exemption is conferred by them, make different provision for different circumstances.
(4)Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of that subsection, exempt from the application of section 211 cases exempted from section 198 by subsection (6) of that section.
(1)If any tree to which section 211 applies—
(a)is removed, uprooted or destroyed in contravention of that section; or
(b)is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies at a time when its cutting down or uprooting is authorised only by virtue of the provisions of such regulations under subsection (1) of section 212 as are mentioned in subsection (4) of that section,
it shall be the duty of the owner of the land to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species at the same place as soon as he reasonably can.
(2)The duty imposed by subsection (1) does not apply to an owner if on application by him the local planning authority dispense with it.
(3)The duty imposed by subsection (1) on the owner of any land attaches to the person who is from time to time the owner of the land and may be enforced as provided by section 207 and not otherwise.
It shall be the duty of a local planning authority to compile and keep available for public inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours and at a convenient place a register containing such particulars as the Secretary of State may determine of notices under section 211 affecting trees in their area.
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