In this Part of this Act—

• “conservancy” means any area in Great Britain which may for the time being be designated by the Commissioners as a conservancy for the purpose of the performance of their functions;

• “felling” includes wilfully destroying by any means;

• “felling directions” means directions given by the Commissioners under section 18 of this Act for the felling of trees;

• “felling licence” means a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the felling of trees;

• “mortgage” and “heritable security” include any charge for securing money or money’s worth, and references to a mortgagee, or to a creditor or a debtor in a heritable security, shall be construed accordingly;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Commissioners under this Part of this Act; and

• F1“restocking notice” shall be construed in accordance with section 17A(1) of this Act;

• “tree preservation order” means an order made or having effect as if made under F2section 198 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or F3section 58 of the M1Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972.