{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemption-worthing-borough-council-order-1996/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemption-worthing-borough-council-order-1996/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1391",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Worthing Borough Council) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemption-worthing-borough-council-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Exemption of arboricultural work",
  "text": "The maintenance of ground by the council of the borough of Worthing shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as—\n(a) it consists of the tending of any tree having a stem circumference which, if measured at one metre above ground level, exceeds 350 millimetres; and\n(b) it is carried out—\n(i) before 1st April 1997 at the Hillbarn Golf Course or in the Central, Goring, Heene, Marine or Selden wards; or\n(ii) during the period beginning with 1st September 1996 and ending with 31st March 1997 in the Broadwater, Castle, Durrington, Gaisford, Offington, Salvington or Tarring wards.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 2(1)(f) of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1391/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:43:03.921442+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."
}