Powers of Forestry Commissioners to enforce restocking requirements5
1
Section 24 of the 1967 Act (notice to require compliance with conditions or directions) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2)(a) for “the owner of the land” substitute “the person specified in subsection (2A)”.
3
After subsection (2) insert—
2A
The person referred to in subsection (2)(a) is—
a
where the licence relates to land in England and Wales—
i
the applicant for the licence, if on the date the notice is served he has such estate or interest in the land as is referred to in section 10(1) of this Act; or
ii
in any other case, the owner of the land;
b
where the licence relates to land in Scotland, the owner of the land.
4
In section 17C of the 1967 Act (enforcement of restocking notice) for “the reference in the said subsection (3)” substitute “the references in section 24(2A)(a)(i) and 26(3)”.