High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013: revised guidance

Revised version of the guidance for local authorities to the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013, approved by the Campaign for Plain English.


Footnotes

1. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/6/contents

2. Section 31 of the Act (Guidance)

3. Section 1 of the Act (Meaning of "high hedge")

4. Section 31(2) of the Act

5. Section 3 of the Act (pre-application requirements)

6. Sections 3(2) and 31(2)(a) of the Act

7. http://www.scottishmediation.org.uk/

8. Section 31(2) of the Act

9. Section 31(3) of the Act

10. https://www.ros.gov.uk/

11. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house

12. http://www.qltr.gov.uk/

13. Section 2 of the Act (application for high hedge notice)

14. Section 5 of the Act (dismissal of application)

15. Section 2(1) of the Act

16. Section 34 of the Act (interpretation)

17. Section 37 of the Act (Crown application)

18. Section 1 of the Act (meaning of high hedge)

19. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2012/08/7367

20. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Environment/Wildlife-Habitats/InvasiveSpecies

21. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9408/hedgeheight.pdf

22. Section 4 of the Act (fee for application)

23. Section 4(3) of the Act

24. Section 4(5) of the Act

25. Section 6 of the Act (consideration of application)

26. Section 6(2)(a) of the Act

27. Section 33 of the Act (service of documents)

28. Sections 6(2)(b) and 6(3) of the Act

29. Section 6(4) of the Act

30. Section 6(8) of the Act

31. Section 6(5) of the Act

32. Section 6(5)(a) of the Act

33. Section 6(5)(b) of the Act

34. Section 6(6) of the Act

35. Section 18 of the Act (power to enter neighbouring land)

36. Section 19 of the Act (supplementary powers)

37. Section 19(2) of the Act

38. Section 19(4) of the Act

39. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/17305/8036/8043

40. Section 21 of the Act (offence)

41. Section 20 of the Act (warrant authorising entry)

42. Section 6(5)(a) of the Act

43. Section 6(5)(b) of the Act

44. Section 6(7) of the Act

45. http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/

46. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9408/hedgeheight.pdf

47. http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/

48. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9408/hedgeheight.pdf

49. http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/340230/0112643.pdf

50. Section 11 of the Act (tree preservation orders) and the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014

51. http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/about-us/where-we-work/scotland/

52. Sections 7 (notice of decision where no action to be taken) and 8 (high hedge notices) of the Act

53. Sections 12 to 17 of the Act

54. Section 8 of the Act (high hedge notice)

55. Section 9 of the Act (effect of high hedge notice)

56. Section 10 of the Act (high hedge notice: withdrawal and variation)

57. Section 8(4) of the Act

58. Section 8(6) of the Act

59. Section 8(2) of the Act

60. Section 8(3) of the Act

61. Section 6(5)(b) of the Act

62. Section 6(6)(a) of the Act

63. Section 6(6)(b) of the Act

64. Section 12(2)(a) of the Act

65. Section 22 of the Act (power to take action)

66. Section 25 of the Act (recovery of expenses from owner of land)

67. Section 24 of the Act (local authority action: offence)

68. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/forindex.htm

69. http://www.trees.org.uk/

70. http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/

71. Section 10 of the Act (high hedge notice: withdrawal and variation)

72. Section 22 of the Act (power to take action)

73. Section 25 of the Act (recovery of expenses from owner of land)

74. Section 22(2) of the Act

75. Section 22(3) of the Act

76. Section 22(4) of the Act

77. Section 22(5) of the Act

78. Section 24 of the Act (local authority action: offence)

79. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/17305/8036/8043

80. Section 23 of the Act (warrant authorising entry by local authority)

81. Section 25 of the Act (recovery of expenses from owner of land)

82. https://www.ros.gov.uk/

83. Section 26 of the Act (notice of liability for expense of local authority action)

84. https://www.ros.gov.uk/services/registration/sasine-register

85. Section 27 of the Act (recovery of expenses from new owner of land)

86. Section 28 of Act (continuing liability of former owner)

87. Section 29 of Act (notice of discharge)

88. Section 12 of the Act (appeals)

89. Section 15 of the Act (person appointed to determine appeal)

90. Section 1 of the Act (meaning of "high hedge")

91. Section 12(2) of the Act

92. Section 13 of the Act (effect of appeal)

93. Section 12(1) of the Act

94. Section 13(3) of the Act

95. Section 13(3) of the Act

96. http://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/

97. Section 12(4) of the Act

98. Section 13(1) of the Act

99. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/Appeals/howwework/guidanceforreporters/reportersguidancenote8

100. Section 18(2) of the Act

101. Section 19 of the Act (supplementary powers)

102. Section 19(2) of the Act

103. Section 14 of the Act (determination of appeal)

104. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/Appeals/PublicationProtocol

105. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/Appeals/ourrole/contactus

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