Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018
Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (2018 asp 8)
- Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (2018 asp 8)
- PART 1 Overview of Act
- 1 Overview of Act
- PART 2 Forestry functions
- CHAPTER 1 General forestry functions
- Duty to promote sustainable forest management
- 2 Duty to promote sustainable forest management
- Forestry strategy
- 3 Duty to prepare forestry strategy
- 4 Preparation and revision of forestry strategy
- 5 Publication of forestry strategy
- 6 Duty to have regard to forestry strategy
- 7 Report on forestry strategy
- Duty to make arrangements for research
- 8 Duty to make arrangements for research in relation to the promotion of sustainable forest management
- CHAPTER 2 Tree health and silvicultural material testing functions
- 9 Transfer of Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 functions
- 10 Transfer of Plant Health Act 1967 functions
- PART 3 Management of land by Scottish Ministers
- Management of forested land
- 11 Management of forested land
- 12 Meaning of “forested land”
- 13 Meaning of “national forest estate”
- Forestry information
- 14 Duty to publish information on forestry
- Management of land to further sustainable development
- 15 Management of land to further sustainable development
- Duty to publish map of land managed by Scottish Ministers
- 16 Duty to publish map of land managed by Scottish Ministers
- Power to enter into arrangements
- 17 Power to enter into arrangements
- Acquisition and disposal of land
- 18 Power to acquire land by agreement
- 19 Compulsory purchase of land
- 20 Power to dispose of land
- PART 4 Felling
- CHAPTER 1 Overview and key terms
- 21 Overview of Part 4
- 22 Key terms in Part 4
- CHAPTER 2 Offence of unauthorised felling
- 23 Offence of unauthorised felling
- 24 Unauthorised felling: exemptions
- CHAPTER 3 Felling permission
- 25 Applications for felling permission
- 26 False or misleading information in applications: offence
- 27 Decisions on applications
- 28 Continuing conditions on felling permission: offence
- 29 Variation of felling permission
- 30 Suspension of felling permission
- 31 Revocation of felling permission
- 32 Compensation for refusal of felling permission
- 33 Felling of trees subject to tree preservation orders
- CHAPTER 4 Felling directions
- 34 Felling directions
- 35 Felling directions: offence
- CHAPTER 5 Restocking directions
- 36 Restocking directions
- 37 Restocking directions: offence
- CHAPTER 6 Continuing conditions on felling permission, felling directions and restocking directions: notices to comply
- 38 Registration of notices to comply
- 39 Registered notices to comply: offence
- CHAPTER 7 Registration of notices under Chapters 6 and 8
- 40 Registration of notices of variation
- 41 Registration of notices of discharge from compliance
- 42 Meaning of “register”
- 43 Descriptions of land
- 44 Receipt of notices by Keeper
- CHAPTER 8 Compliance
- Temporary stop notices
- 45 Temporary stop notices
- 46 Temporary stop notices: offence
- 47 Temporary stop notices: compensation
- Requests for information
- 48 Requests for information
- 49 Requests for information: offence
- Site visits
- 50 Site visits with consent of owner or occupier
- Powers of entry
- 51 Power of entry: unauthorised felling
- 52 Power of entry: decision to give felling directions or restocking directions
- 53 Power of entry: failure to comply
- Remedial notices
- 54 Remedial notices
- 55 Remedial notices: offence
- 56 Registration of remedial notices
- 57 Registered remedial notices: offence
- Giving documents to owner or occupier
- 58 Giving documents to owner or occupier
- Step-in power
- 59 Step-in power
- Powers of entry and step-in power: application to court
- 60 Powers of entry and step-in power: application to court
- Powers of entry and step-in power: offences
- 61 Powers of entry and step-in power: offences
- Powers of entry and step-in power: further provision
- 62 Powers of entry and step-in power: further provision
- Step-in power: recovery of expenses
- 63 Step-in power: recovery of expenses
- 64 Registration of notices of liability for expenses
- 65 Recovery of expenses from new owner of land
- 66 Registration of notices of discharge of liability for expenses
- Time limit for prosecution
- 67 Time limit for prosecution
- CHAPTER 9 Appeals
- 68 Appeals against decisions by Scottish Ministers
- PART 5 General powers
- 69 Information, research and education etc.
- 70 Power to form companies etc.
- 71 Financial assistance
- 72 Charging
- 73 Chief forester
- 74 Arrangements for carrying out forestry and land management functions
- 75 Report on operation of administrative arrangements
- PART 6 General and final provisions
- 76 Regulations
- 77 Ancillary provision
- 78 Interpretation
- 79 Modifications of enactments and repeals
- 80 Saving of existing forestry dedication agreements
- 81 Forestry Commissioners' functions no longer exercisable in Scotland
- 82 Index of defined expressions
- 83 Crown application: general
- 84 Crown application: powers of entry
- 85 Commencement
- 86 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 MODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS
- Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947
- Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
- SCHEDULE 2 REPEALS
- SCHEDULE 3 INDEX OF DEFINED EXPRESSIONS