These Regulations may be cited as the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1 April 2019.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1967 Act” means the Forestry Act 1967 M1,

• “the 1979 Act” means the Forestry Act 1979 M2,

• “the 1979 Regulations” means the Forestry (Felling of Trees) Regulations 1979 M3,

• “the 2018 Act” means the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018,

• “the appointed day” means the day appointed by regulation 2,

• “Forestry Commissioners” means the Forestry Commissioners constituted under the Forestry Acts 1919 to 1945 and continued in force by section 1(1) the 1967 Act,

and any reference to a numbered regulation is, unless expressly indicated otherwise, a reference to the regulation so numbered in these Regulations.