Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st April 2014.

Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2010

2.  (1)  The Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2010(2) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In regulation 8 (trees in conservation areas)-

(a)after paragraph (1)(a) insert-

"(aa)the carrying out of any action-

(i)required to be taken in accordance with a high hedge notice; or

(ii)authorised by virtue of section 22(1) of the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013(3);"; and

(b)in paragraph (2) after the definition of "diameter" insert-

""high hedge notice" has the meaning given by section 8(2) of the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013;".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 ("the 2010 Regulations").

Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 operates to protect trees in conservation areas which are not subject to a tree preservation order. Regulation 8 of the 2010 Regulations disapplies section 172 in certain cases. Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends regulation 8. The new paragraph (1)(aa) provides that section 172 does not apply where action is taken in accordance with a high hedge notice issued under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013 or is authorised by section 22(1) of that Act.