# The Felling (Scotland) Regulations 2019, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Felling (Scotland) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1 April 2019.
(2) 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-
(a)Saturday,
(b)a Sunday, or
(c)a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/49/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/felling-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-1
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