Part IIF2... Power to Control Felling of Trees

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F2

Word in Pt. II cross-heading omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 52 (with Sch. 7)

Restriction of felling

17 Penalty for felling without licence.

1

Anyone who fells a tree without the authority of a felling licence, the case being one in which section 9(1) of this Act applies so as to require such a licence, shall be guilty of an offence and

F3a

in relation to an offence committed in Wales, liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F1level 4 on the standard scale or twice the sum which appears to the court to be the value of the tree, whichever is the higher F4, or

b

in relation to an offence committed in England, liable on summary conviction to a fine.

2

Proceedings for an offence under this section may be instituted within six months from the first discovery of the offence by the person taking the proceedings, provided that no proceedings shall be instituted more than two years after the date of the offence.