{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967-consent-to-renewable-electricity-development-england-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967-consent-to-renewable-electricity-development-england-regulations-2026/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/89",
  "legislation_title": "The Forestry Act 1967 (Consent to Renewable Electricity Development) (England) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967-consent-to-renewable-electricity-development-england-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application for consent",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioners must obtain the written consent of the Secretary of State before an exercise of their powers under section 3A of the Act in a case where—\n(a) a proposed exercise of the powers is intended to enable the construction on English Forestry land of the whole or part of a generating station (including an extension to an existing station); and\n(b) the capacity threshold is exceeded.\n(2) Any notice of a requirement for consent under paragraph (1) must be given to the Secretary of State by the Commissioners in writing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“English forestry land” is defined in section 3A(5) and “generating station” in section 3B(10) of the Forestry Act 1967."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The circumstances in which the capacity threshold is exceeded for these purposes are set out in section 3B(3) and (4) of the Forestry Act 1967."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/89/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:43.296621+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."
}