Transitional: felling licences granted on review – to be treated as felling permissions12.

(1)

A felling licence granted (with or without conditions) by the Scottish Ministers in determining a review requested in the circumstances set out in regulations 6 and 11 is, on and after the date on which it is granted, to be treated as if it were a felling permission granted under section 27 of the 2018 Act.

(2)

A condition attached to a felling licence referred to in paragraph (1) is to be treated as if it were a condition applied to a felling permission under section 27(4) of the 2018 Act.

(3)

The provision made in—

(a)

section 27(7) (variation and revocation of conditions),

(b)

section 38 (registration of notices to comply),

(c)

section 39 (registered notices to comply: offence),

(d)

section 40 (registration of notices of variation),

(e)

section 41 (registration of notices of discharge from compliance),

(f)

section 42 (meaning of “register”),

(g)

section 43 (descriptions of land),

(h)

section 44 (receipt of notices by Keeper),

(i)

section 56 (registration of remedial notices), and

(j)

section 57 (registered remedial notices: offence),

of the 2018 Act does not apply to a condition referred to in paragraph (2) or to any restocking direction issued under section 36 of the 2018 Act in relation to such a condition.