# Forestry Act 1967, Section 26A: Appeals against notices given under section 24C(3) and 24D(2)

Extent: E+W

(1) The following persons have a right to bring an appeal against a notice given under section 24C(3) if the person thinks that any of the grounds set out in subsection (2) applies—
(a) the person to whom the notice was given;
(b) a person who has such estate or interest in the land as is referred to in section 10(1);
(c) the owner of the trees.
(2) The grounds are—
(a) a condition referred to in the notice has been complied with or is being complied with;
(b) suspending or revoking the felling licence is unreasonable or disproportionate;
(c) the variation of a condition of the felling licence, or the imposition of a new condition, is unreasonable or disproportionate;
(d) a step specified in the notice is unreasonable or disproportionate;
(e) where the notice has suspended the felling licence, the suspension should have been brought to an end by a notice given under section 24C(7)(b).
(3) A person to whom a notice has been given under section 24D(2) has a right to bring an appeal against the notice if the person thinks that a step specified in the notice is unreasonable or disproportionate.
(4) An appeal under this section is brought by serving a notice on the Welsh Ministers requesting that they refer the matter to a committee appointed in accordance with section 27 (and see section 26C for further provision about such requests).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/10/section/26A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967/section-26A
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