41 Appeals and compensation
Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 (2023 asc 4) | Legislation

41  Appeals and compensation

After section 26 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c 10), insert—

“26A Appeals against notices given under section 24C(3) and 24D(2)

(1)     The following persons have a right to bring an appeal against a notice given under section 24C(3) if the person thinks that any of the grounds set out in subsection (2) applies—

(a)     the person to whom the notice was given;

(b)     a person who has such estate or interest in the land as is referred to in section 10(1);

(c)     the owner of the trees.

(2)     The grounds are—

(a)     a condition referred to in the notice has been complied with or is being complied with;

(b)     suspending or revoking the felling licence is unreasonable or disproportionate;

(c)     the variation of a condition of the felling licence, or the imposition of a new condition, is unreasonable or disproportionate;

(d)     a step specified in the notice is unreasonable or disproportionate;

(e)     where the notice has suspended the felling licence, the suspension should have been brought to an end by a notice given under section 24C(7)(b).

(3)     A person to whom a notice has been given under section 24D(2) has a right

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