{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2010/10",
  "legislation_title": "Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Appeals under this Part",
  "text": "(1) The Department shall appoint a person to determine an appeal under section 20, 23 or 25.\n(2) A civil servant employed in the Department shall not be appointed under this section.\n(3) The Department may by regulations provide—\n(a) for appeals under section 20, 23 and 25 to be made in such manner and within such time as is prescribed;\n(b) for the procedure to be followed, and powers to be exercisable, by a person appointed under this section in, or in connection with, determining an appeal under section 20, 23 or 25.\n(4) The Department may pay to a person appointed under this section such remuneration or allowances as it may, with the consent of DFP, determine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 26 in operation at 17.6.2013 by S.R. 2013/138, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2010/10/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:05.936881+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."
}