# Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018, Section 53: Power of entry: failure to comply


(1) Subsection (2) applies if the Scottish Ministers have reason to believe that a person has failed or is failing to comply with—
(a) a condition on felling permission,
(b) a felling direction (including any condition imposed on it),
(c) a restocking direction (including any condition imposed on it),
(d) a registered notice to comply,
(e) a remedial notice (including any condition imposed on it), or
(f) a registered remedial notice.
(2) The Scottish Ministers may enter land mentioned in subsection (3) for the purpose of determining whether a person has failed or is failing to comply with the condition, the direction or (as the case may be) the notice.
(3) The land is—
(a) in the case of a condition on felling permission—
(i) the land on which the tree to which the condition relates is located,
(ii) where it is a continuing condition, the land to which the continuing condition relates,
(b) in the case of a felling direction or a restocking direction, the land to which the direction relates,
(c) in the case of a registered notice to comply, a remedial notice or a registered remedial notice, the land to which the notice relates.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/8/section/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-and-land-management-scotland-act-2018/section-53
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