{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-act-1968/section-24A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-act-1968/section-24A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/41",
  "legislation_title": "Countryside Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-act-1968",
  "path": "section/24A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24A",
  "heading": "Incidental powers of the Commissioners",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of the exercise of their functions under sections 23(2) and 24(1) of this Act so far as relating to land in England ..., the Forestry Commissioners constituted under the Forestry Acts 1919 to 1945 may—\n(a) form, or participate in the forming of, a body corporate;\n(b) invest in a body corporate;\n(c) provide loans;\n(d) establish a charitable trust; or\n(e) act, or appoint a person to act, as an officer of a body corporate or as a trustee of a charitable trust.\n(2) The powers contained in subsection (1)(b) and (c) shall be exercisable only with Treasury approval.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 24A inserted (16.3.2006) by Regulatory Reform (Forestry) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/780), arts. 1(1), 6(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 24A(1) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 99(2) (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 24A(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 99(3) (with Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/41/section/24A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:08.337160+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}