{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1971/section-102",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1971/section-102.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/78",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1971",
  "path": "section/102",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "102",
  "heading": "Penalties for non-compliance with tree preservation order",
  "text": "(1) If any person, in contravention of a tree preservation order, cuts down or wilfully destroys a tree, or tops or lops a tree in such a manner as to be likely to destroy it, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £250 or twice the sum which appears to the court to be the value of the tree, whichever is the greater.\n(2) If any person contravenes the provisions of a tree preservation order otherwise than as mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.\n(3) If, in the case of a continuing offence under this section, the contravention is continued after the conviction, the offender shall be guilty of a further offence and liable on summary conviction to an additional fine not exceeding £2 for each day on which the contravention is so continued.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/78/section/102",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:27.345605+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."
}