S.L. 549.64 Art. 9Improvement measures.

(1) (a) The competent authority may, within such time as it determines, order any person responsible for the land in which any tree listed in Schedule III is sited to remove, uproot, kill or destroy any such tree, where such removal would, in the competent authority’s opinion, constitute an environmental improvement.

(b) A method statement may be issued by the competent authority to ensure that such order is executed with minimal damage to biodiversity.

(2) If such person mentioned in the previous provision fails to comply with any such order, the competent authority may remove, uproot, kill or destroy any such tree at the expense of the said person.

(3) If the person responsible for the land upon which such tree is sited is unknown, the competent authority may publish such order in the Gazette and remove such a tree at its own expense after ninety days from the publication of the order.