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[F1(1)The Forestry Commissioners may, with Treasury approval [F2as regards England F3..., F4...], make grants and loans to owners and lessees of land[F5in England F6...] for and in connection with the use and management of the land for forestry purposes.
[F7(2)Any such grant or loan shall be payable in accordance with section 41 of the Forestry Act 1967.]
F8(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1 repealed (S.) (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with s. 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-22)
F2Words in s. 1(1) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1747, art. 3, Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 6(a)
F3Words in s. 1(1) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 156(2) (with Sch. 7)
F4Words in s. 1(1) omitted (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 54(a)(i); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2
F5Words in s. 1(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 156(3) (with Sch. 7)
F6Words in s. 1(1) omitted (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 54(a)(ii); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2
F7S. 1(2) substituted (16.3.2000) by S.I. 2000/746, art. 2, Sch. para. 8
F8S. 1(3) omitted (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 54(b); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 1 amended (S.) (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 8, ss. 166(1)(b), 278(2)
(1)The M1Forestry Act 1967 is amended as shown in Schedule 1 to this Act (the amendments being substitute metric units of measurement throughout the Act).
(2)[F9The appropriate authority] may by regulations amend enactments to which this subsection applies so as to substitute—
(a)for any reference to a number of acres, a reference to a number of hectares;
(b)for any reference to a number of feet, a reference to a number of metres; and
(c)for any requirement that plans be made on the scale of 3 chains to an inch, a requirement that they be made on the scale of 1 : 2,500;
and for this purpose “number” includes a number less than unity.
(3)Subsection (2) applies to any enactment contained in an Act (whether public general, local or private) relating to particular forest lands in England and Wales.
(4)[F10Before any such regulations are made by the Welsh Ministers, they] shall consult such persons and organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be affected.
(5)The regulations—
(a)may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions (if any) as [F11the appropriate authority] consider expedient; and
(b)shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment by resolution of either House of Parliament[F12(in the case of regulations made by the Forestry Commissioners) or of the National Assembly for Wales (in the case of regulations made by the Welsh Ministers)].
[F13(6)In this section “the appropriate authority” means—
(a)in relation to England, the Forestry Commissioners;
(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.]
Textual Amendments
F9Words in s. 2(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 157(2) (with Sch. 7)
F10Words in s. 2(4) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(l), Sch. 22 para. 6
F11Words in s. 2(5)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 157(4)(a) (with Sch. 7)
F12Words in s. 2(5)(b) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 157(4)(b) (with Sch. 7)
F13S. 2(6) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 157(5) (with Sch. 7)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of s. 2(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
(1)This Act may be cited as the Forestry Act 1979; and the M2Forestry Act 1967 and this Act may be cited together as the Forestry Acts 1967 and 1979.
(2)The Forestry Act 1967 is repealed to the extent specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.
(3)This Act comes into force at the expiration of two months from the date on which it is passed.
(4)This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3The text of s. 3(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
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