Regulation 2 Qualifications required to be chief forester

(1)

A person is qualified to be the chief forester if that person—

(a)

is a Chartered Forester or Chartered Arboriculturist, or

(b)

possesses one of the following qualifications in a forestry or arboriculture subject—

(i)

a bachelor of science degree (with honours),

(ii)

an integrated master’s degree,

(iii)

a master of science degree,

(iv)

a doctoral degree.

(2)

In paragraph (1)—

“Chartered Arboriculturist” means a member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters qualified as a chartered arboriculturist,
“Chartered Forester” means a member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters qualified as a chartered forester,
“degree” means a degree which is awarded by a university or other institution specified as competent to grant such a degree under section 76 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992^f1 or section 48 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992^f2,
“forestry or arboriculture subject” includes agroforestry, woodland ecology and woodland management.

Annotations

f1: 1992 c.13. Section 76 was relevantly amended by section 19 of the Further Education and Training Act 2007 (c.25).
f2: 1992 c.37.