{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967/section-17B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967/section-17B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/10",
  "legislation_title": "Forestry Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967",
  "path": "section/17B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17B",
  "heading": "Appeal against restocking notice.",
  "text": "(1) A person on whom a restocking notice has been served who objects to the notice or to any condition contained therein may by notice served within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner request the Minister where the restocking notice relates to land in England or Wales... to refer the matter to a committee appointed in accordance with section 27 of this Act; and—\n(a) the Minister ... shall, unless he is ... of the opinion that the grounds of the request are frivolous, refer the matter accordingly; and\n(b) the committee, after compliance with subsection (3) of that section, shall thereupon make a report to the Minister ....\n(2) The Minister ... may, after considering the committee’s report, direct the appropriate forestry authority to withdraw the notice or to notify the objector that it shall have effect subject to such modification as the Minister ... shall direct.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (S.) (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with ss. 80, 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 3-22 (as amended (18.3.2021) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/44), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(b)(3)(a)))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 17A–17C inserted by Forestry Act 1986 (c. 30, SIF 54), s. 1(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 17B(1) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1747, art. 3, Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 4(13)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 17B substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 58(3) (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 17B(1) omitted (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(a); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 17B(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(b)(i); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 17B(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(b)(ii); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 17B(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(c); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 17B(2) omitted (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(d); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 17B substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 58(2) (with Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/10/section/17B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:01.788833+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."
}