2 Amendment of the principal regulations
1 In their application to England and Wales, the Forestry (Felling of Trees) Regulations 1979 (“the principal regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
S.I.1979/791, amended by S.I.1987/632.
2 In regulation 3(1) the following definition shall be inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:—

““electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa)—
(a) by means of a telecommunication system (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1984); or
1984 c. 12.
(b) by other means but while in an electronic form.”

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3 After regulation 3(1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“1A In these Regulations references to an application or a map being “authenticated” are references to there being incorporated into or otherwise logically associated with it something in electronic form for the purpose of establishing whether it comes from a particular person or other source and, if applicable—
(a) whether it is accurately timed and dated; and
(b) whether it is intended to have legal effect.”

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4 For regulation 4 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“4 Application for felling licence
An application for a felling licence made to the Commissioners under section 10(1) of the Act shall—
(a) be in writing or in the form of an electronic communication;
(b) be signed, or authenticated, and dated;
(c) include the particulars specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and
(d) be accompanied by an Ordnance Survey map signed, or authenticated, and dated by the applicant showing the area to which the application relates on a scale not smaller than one to ten thousand and with the National Grid reference of the north west corner of the area marked on the map.”

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5 For Schedule 2 to the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following Schedule—

“SCHEDULE 2 Particulars to be included in an application for a licence
Regulation 4
The following particulars shall be included in an application for a licence—
(a) the full name and address of the applicant;
(b) the applicant’s estate or interest in the land on which the trees in respect of which a felling licence is sought are growing;
(c) the full name and address of any person whose consent is needed to fell the trees and whether such consent has been given;
(d) the type of felling proposed;
(e) the trees (including the species) which the applicant proposes to fell;
(f) the proposed date of commencement and estimated date of completion of felling;
(g) any proposal for restocking the felled areas and/or any other areas;
(h) whether any tree preservation order (made or having effect as if made under section 198 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) affects the trees in question; and
1990 c. 8.
(i) whether any tree is in a conservation area (designated under section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990).
1990 c. 9.”