Part 7Crown application of planning Acts

Chapter 2Scotland

Trees

95Tree preservation orders: Scotland

For section 162 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (Orders affecting land where Forestry Commissioners interested) there is substituted the following section—

162Tree preservation: Forestry Commissioners

1

A tree preservation order does not have effect in respect of anything done—

a

by or on behalf of the Forestry Commissioners on land placed at their disposal in pursuance of the Forestry Act 1967 or otherwise under their management or supervision;

b

by or on behalf of any other person in accordance with a relevant plan which is for the time being in force.

2

A relevant plan is a plan of operations or other working plan approved by the Forestry Commissioners under—

a

a forestry dedication agreement within the meaning of section 5 of the Forestry Act 1967, or

b

conditions of a grant or loan made under section 1 of the Forestry Act 1979.

3

A reference to a provision of the Forestry Act 1967 or the Forestry Act 1979 includes a reference to a corresponding provision replaced by that provision or any earlier corresponding provision.