# Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 2010, Section 22: Power of Department to require restocking after unauthorised felling


(1) The Department may serve a notice under this section (a “restocking notice”) on a person where it appears to the Department that—
(a) the person has committed an offence under section 15(3); and
(b) the person has such an estate in the land in question as is mentioned in section 16(1).
(2) A restocking notice is a notice requiring the person on whom it is served—
(a) to restock or stock with trees of a specified species the land or such other land as may be agreed between the Department and that person; and
(b) to maintain those trees in accordance with the rules and practice of good forestry for a period, not exceeding 5 years, specified in the notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2010/10/section/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-22
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