{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/section-161A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/section-161A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/8",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997",
  "path": "section/161A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "161A",
  "heading": "Imminent danger to trees: entry to affix copy of tree preservation order",
  "text": "(1) If it appears to a planning authority that a tree, group of trees or woodlands—\n(a) on land in their district, and\n(b) in respect of which they have made a tree preservation order,\nmay be in imminent danger of being cut down, topped, lopped, uprooted, wilfully damaged or wilfully destroyed and accordingly that it is expedient that a copy of the order should be affixed conspicuously to the tree, group of trees or woodlands in question, a person duly authorised in writing by them may enter the land and so affix such a copy.\n(2) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to any provision made by virtue of section 161(3)(b) and (4) as respects notice of the making of the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 161A inserted (1.2.2011) by Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), ss. 28(4), 59(2); S.S.I. 2010/400, art. 3, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/8/section/161A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:28:15.132338+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."
}