# Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 1953 c. 2 (N.I.) · enacted 17 February 1953 · revised to 17 June 2013 An Act for the advancement of forestry and for purposes connected with that matter. ## Introductory text An Act for the advancement of forestry and for purposes connected with that matter. [17th February 1953] ## 1 Responsibility of Ministry for forestry in Northern Ireland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Powers of Ministry, subject to approval of Ministry of Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Further powers of Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Destruction of rabbits, hares or deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Prevention of damage caused by rabbits and vermin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Burning of vegetation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Removal or destruction of vegetation on land adjoining woods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Identification of trees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Forest parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Financial provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Power of entry on land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Miscellaneous offences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Short title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule rep. by SLR 1973 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1953/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-northern-ireland-1953 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.