{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wrexham-gas-fired-generating-station-order-2017/article-31",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/766",
  "legislation_title": "The Wrexham Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wrexham-gas-fired-generating-station-order-2017",
  "path": "article/31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows",
  "text": "(1) The undertaker may fell or lop any tree or shrub within or overhanging land within the Order land or cut back its roots, if it reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so to prevent the tree or shrub—\n(a) from obstructing or interfering with the construction, maintenance or operation of the authorised development or any other development necessary for the authorised development that takes place within the Order land or any apparatus used in connection with the authorised development or any other development necessary for the authorised development that takes place within the Order land; or\n(b) from constituting a danger to persons using the authorised development or any other development necessary for the authorised development that takes place within the Order land.\n(2) In carrying out any activity authorised by paragraph (1) and paragraph (4), the undertaker must do no unnecessary damage to any tree or shrub and must pay compensation to any person for any loss or damage arising from such activity.\n(3) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (2), or as to the amount of compensation, is to be determined under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.\n(4) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development or any other development necessary for the authorised development that takes place within the Order land subject to paragraph (2), remove any hedgerows within the Order land if it reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so for the purposes of carrying out, maintaining or using the authorised development or any other development necessary for the authorised development that takes place within the Order land.\n(5) In this article “hedgerow” has the same meaning as in the Environment Act 1995.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 31 in force at 8.8.2017, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/766/article/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:09:28.394492+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."
}