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[F125 Appeal against notice under s. 24.E+W+S
(1)If a person to whom a notice under section 24 is given claims—
(a)that the works in question have been carried out in accordance with the conditions of the felling licence or, in the case of felling directions, that they have been complied with; or
(b)that the steps required by the notice to be taken are not required by the conditions or directions,
he may by a notice served on the Minister [F2where the notice is given in respect of land or trees in [F3England or Wales], F4... ] in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period after the receipt of the notice under section 24, request the Minister F5... to refer the matter to a committee appointed in accordance with section 27 below.
(2)A notice under section 24 shall be inoperative until the expiration of the prescribed period for the purposes of subsection (1) above and, where a request to the Minister F6... under that subsection is made, until the conclusion of any proceedings under this section in pursuance of the request.
(3)Where such a request is made by a person receiving a notice under section 24, the Minister F7... shall, unless he is of opinion that the grounds for the request are frivolous, refer the matter accordingly to a committee so appointed.
(4)The committee to whom a matter is referred under this section, after complying with section 27(3), shall make a report on the reference to the Minister [F8and who] shall, after considering the report, confirm or cancel the notice to which the reference relates.]
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F1Act repealed (S.) (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with ss. 80, 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 3-22 (as amended (18.3.2021) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/44), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(b)(3)(a)))
F2Words in s. 25(1) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1747, art. 3, Sch. 12 Pt. II para 4(18)(a)
F3Words in s. 25 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 65 (with Sch. 7)
F4Words in s. 25(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. 26(a)(i); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2
F5Words in s. 25(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. 26(a)(ii); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2
F6Words in s. 25(2) 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. 26(b); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2
F7Words in s. 25(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. 26(c); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2
F8Words in s. 25(4) substituted (1.4.2019) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 26(d); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2
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