{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967/section-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967/section-49.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/10",
  "legislation_title": "Forestry Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967",
  "path": "section/49",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“the appropriate forestry authority” has the meaning given by section 1(1A);\n“the appropriate legislative authority” means—\n(a)the Commissioners, in relation to England ... ;\n(b)the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales;\n“the Commissioners” means the body known as “The Forestry Commissioners”;\n“forestry dedication covenant” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5;\n“ the Minister ” means, except as provided by ... Schedule 1 , the Secretary of State as respects England and the Secretary of State as respects Wales;\n“National Trust” means the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty incorporated by the National Trust Act 1907, and “held inalienably”, in relation to land belonging to the National Trust, means that the land is inalienable under section 21 of the said Act of 1907 or section 8 of the National Trust Act 1939;\n“National Trust for Scotland” means the National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty incorporated by the Order confirmed by the National Trust for Scotland Order Confirmation Act 1935, and “held inalienably”, in relation to land belonging to that Trust, means that the land is inalienable under section 22 of that Order.\n...\n(2) For purposes of this Act, Monmouthshire shall be deemed to be part of Wales and not of England.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "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      "text": "Act repealed (S.) (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with ss. 80, 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with transitional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": "Words in s. 49(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 78 (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 49(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. 41(a); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 49(1) substituted (1.4.2019) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 41(b); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Definition in s. 49 substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1747, art. 3, Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 4(38)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 49(1) in definition of \"the Minister\" repealed (27.3.2002) by The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), art. 5(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 49(1) in definition of \"the Minister\" substituted (27.3.2002) by The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 13(a) (with arts. 5(3), 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 49(1) in definition of \"the Minister\" substituted (27.3.2002) by The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 13(b) (with arts. 5(3), 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 49(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. 41(c); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 49(3) repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), Sch. 12 para. 27(4), 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1907 c. cxxxvi."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1939 c. lxxxvi."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1935 c. ii."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/10/section/49",
    "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."
}