Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Felling (Scotland) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1 April 2019.

In these Regulations —

• “applicant” means a person who has made an application for felling permission,

• “application for felling permission” means an application made to the Scottish Ministers under section 25(1) of the Act,

• “the Act” means the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018,

• “the felling area” means the area of land specified in an application for felling permission within which a tree or trees are proposed to be felled, and

• “working day” means a day other than-

  1. (a)

     Saturday,

  2. (b)

     a Sunday, or

  3. (c)

     a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 M1.