{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-forest-act-1949/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-forest-act-1949/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/69",
  "legislation_title": "New Forest Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-forest-act-1949",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Duty of Forestry Commissioners as to drainage of Forest and clearance of seedlings.",
  "text": "It shall be the duty of the Forestry Commissioners from time to time to carry out such work as appears to them after consultation with the verderers, and with due regard to the interests of amenity, reasonably necessary, or as the Minister may direct, for securing that the Forest will be properly drained, that culverts and bridges crossing drains or streams in the Forest (other than culverts or bridges which some other authority have power to maintain) will be properly maintained, and that the grazing will be kept sufficiently clear of coarse herbage, scrub and self-sown trees.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/69/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:20:15.288250+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."
}