S.L. 549.64 Art. 6Identification of tree protection areas. Declaration of tree protection areas. Cap. 552. Cap. 549. Integration into the National Ecological Network. S.L. 549.44

(1) Once a site has been selected by the competent authority in line with the criteria established in regulation 5, the competent authority shall designate any such site as a tree protection area.

(2) The competent authority shall publish the details of such site or sites, with delineated boundaries, in the Gazette.

(3) Any such designated tree protection area shall be considered a protected area in terms of the Development Planning Act and the Environment Protection Act and shall be subject to these regulations.

(4) Any site protected as a tree protection area shall remain protected notwithstanding any deliberate or accidental circumstance whereby:

(a) any tree sited in any such protected area is, wholly or in part, destroyed or dies; or

(b) any other impact is suffered by the site.

(5) Any tree protection area declared through these regulations shall also form an integral part of the National Ecological Network set up by regulation 5(1) of the Flora, Fauna and Natural Habitats

(Protection) Regulations, and is subject to the other provisions of regulation 5 of the said regulations.