Forestry Commission Byelaws 1982
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1982/648 |
1982 No. 648
FORESTRY
The Forestry Commission Byelaws 19825thMay 1982
1stJune 1982
The Forestry Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 46(1) of the Forestry Act 1967(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation with the Verderers of the New Forest and of the Forest of Dean in accordance with section 47(1) of that Act, hereby make the following byelaws, a draft of which has been laid before Parliament:—
Title and Commencement
1. These byelaws may be cited as the Forestry Commission Byelaws 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1982.
Interpretation
2. In these byelaws:—
"the Arboretum" means those lands of the Commissioners known as the Westonbirt Arboretum, Silk Wood, The Downs and Westonbirt Arboretum Car Park in the County of Gloucestershire;
"the Commissioners" means the Forestry Commissioners;
"the Forest of Dean" means the lands of the Commissioners which are situated in the parishes and community specified in Schedule 1;
"lands of the Commissioners" means lands which are under the management or control of the Commissioners and to which the public have, or may be permitted to have, access;
"the New Forest" means the lands of the Commissioners for the time being constituting the area commonly known as the New Forest in the County of Hampshire;
(a) 1967 c. 10; section 46(1) should be read with section 58(3) of the Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 86) and section 23(4) of the Countryside Act 1968 (c.41).
"the Pinetum" means those lands of the Commissioners known as the Bedgebury Pinetum, Bedgebury Pinetum Car Park and Forest Plots in the County of Kent.
Application
3.—(1) Byelaws 5, 6 and 7 shall apply to all lands of the Commissioners except that byelaw 5(xi) shall not apply to the New Forest or to the Forest of Dean.
(2) Byelaws 8 and 9 shall apply only to the Arboretum and the Pinetum, byelaws 10 and 11 shall apply only to the New Forest and byelaw 12 shall apply only to the Forest of Dean.
(3) Nothing in these byelaws shall make unlawful anything done with the written authority of the Commissioners.
(4) Nothing in these byelaws shall prejudice or be in derogation of any right, power or duty vested in, or imposed on, the Verderers of the New Forest or of the Forest of Dean by virtue of any enactment or otherwise.
Revocation of byelaws
4. The byelaws mentioned in Schedule 2 are hereby revoked.
Acts prohibited on the lands of the Commissioners
5. No person shall in or on the lands of the Commissioners:—
(i) enter any area on or near which there is displayed by the Commissioners a notice prohibiting entry thereon;
(ii) enter any building, structure or mine unless there is a notice displayed thereon by the Commissioners permitting or implying access thereto;
(iii) leave open or obstruct any gate or moveable barrier giving access to any enclosed plantation or other enclosed area;
(iv) light any fire or stove or leave any lighted match, tobacco, cigar or cigarette;
(v) remove or damage any building, wall, gate, stile, fence, railing, post, chain, seat, drain, pipe-line, notice-board, receptacle for rubbish or any other thing belonging to the Commissioners;
(vi) display any notice, placard or bill;
(vii) dig up, remove, cut or injure any tree, shrub or plant, whether living or not, or remove the seeds therefrom, or dig up or remove any soil, turf, leafmould, moss, peat, gravel, slag, sands or minerals of any kind;
(viii) disturb or remove archaeological or historical remains;
(ix) operate a metal detector;
(x) set up or place any caravan, tent, booth, stall or erection of any kind, including equestrian equipment;
(xi) turn out to graze or feed or allow to remain thereon any animal or fowl;
(xii) permit any animal in his charge to be out of control;
(xiii) except in the New Forest or on bridleways, which are public bridleways...
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