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[F1(1)Subject to section 249, a tree preservation order—
(a)takes effect on such date as may be specified in the order, but
(b)expires 6 months after it is made unless it has, within that period, been confirmed by the planning authority.
(1A)An order may be confirmed under subsection (1)(b) without modification or subject to such modifications as the planning authority consider expedient.]
(2)As soon as a tree preservation order is confirmed, the planning authority shall record it in the appropriate Register of Sasines or, as the case may be, register it in the Land Register of Scotland.
(3)Provision may be made by regulations with respect to—
(a)the form of tree preservation orders, and
(b)the procedure to be followed in connection with the confirmation of such orders.
(4)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3), the regulations may make provision—
(a)that, before a tree preservation order is confirmed by the planning authority, notice of the making of the order shall be given to the owners, lessees and occupiers of land affected by the order and to such other persons, if any, as may be specified in the regulations,
(b)that objections and representations with respect to the order, if duly made in accordance with the regulations, shall be considered before the order is confirmed by the planning authority, and
(c)that copies of the order, when confirmed by the authority, shall be served on such persons as may be specified in the regulations.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 161(1)(1A) substituted for s. 161(1) (1.2.2011) by Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), ss. 28(3), 59(2) (with S.S.I. 2010/431, arts. 1(1), 2); S.S.I. 2010/400, art. 3, sch.
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