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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-crossing-act-2011/section-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-crossing-act-2011/section-52.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2011/2",
  "legislation_title": "Forth Crossing Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-crossing-act-2011",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Compensation: cutting down or lopping, or cutting back roots of, trees or shrubs",
  "text": "(1) A person is entitled to compensation from Ministers for any loss arising as a result of Ministers taking action under section 10(1) in relation to a tree or shrub.\n(2) Any dispute about—\n(a) a person's entitlement to compensation, or\n(b) the amount of the compensation,\nis to be determined by the Lands Tribunal in accordance with the 1963 Act as if it were a question of disputed compensation for the compulsory acquisition of land (and sections 8, 9, 11 and 12 of the 1963 Act accordingly have effect in relation to such a dispute so far as applicable and subject to any necessary modifications).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 52 in force at 3.2.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/38, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/2/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:13.784420+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."
}