{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hedgerows-regulations-1997/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hedgerows-regulations-1997/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1160",
  "legislation_title": "The Hedgerows Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hedgerows-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Local planning authorities as owners of hedgerows",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a local planning authority are the owners (whether alone or jointly with others) of a hedgerow to which these Regulations apply.\n(2) Notwithstanding anything in section 101 (arrangements for the discharge of functions by local authorities) of the Local Government Act 1972, a hedgerow removal notice given in a case to which this regulation applies may not be considered—\n(a) by a committee or sub-committee of the authority concerned if that committee or sub-committee is responsible (wholly or partly) for the management of the land in which is situated the hedgerow to which the notice relates; or\n(b) by an officer of the authority concerned if his responsibilities include any aspect of the management of the land in which is situated the hedgerow to which the notice relates.\n(3) Regulations 8 and 9 do not apply in a case to which this regulation applies.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in force at 1.6.1997, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1160/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:08:57.169340+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."
}