s 15 Tree conservation notice
15.—(1) If it appears to the Commissioner necessary to make provision for the maintenance or conservation of any tree with a girth exceeding one metre growing —(a) within any tree conservation area; or (b) on any vacant land (whether within or outside a tree conservation area), or a group of such trees, the Commissioner may serve a tree conservation notice with respect to such tree or group of trees addressed to — (c) the occupier of the premises or land on which the tree or group of trees is growing; or (d) any person carrying out or intending to carry out any building works, whether on the premises or within its vicinity which, in the Commissioner’s opinion, causes or is likely to cause damage to the tree or group of trees. (2) A tree conservation notice under subsection (1) may, in particular, require the occupier or person mentioned in that subsection —(a) to cease or refrain from, either wholly or to the extent specified in the tree conservation notice, any activity on the premises concerned; (b) to alter, demolish or remove any property or material from the premises concerned, or any sign, structure or building the occupier or person has erected or caused to be erected thereon; or (c) to take such other measures as the Commissioner reasonably considers necessary to maintain or conserve the tree or group of trees concerned. (3) Every tree conservation notice under subsection (1) must specify —(a) the tree or group of trees covered by the notice, by reference to the type, species, size, location and such other particulars of the tree or group of trees; (b) the date on which it is to take effect; and (c) the period (which runs from the date the tree conservation notice takes effect) within which any step required by the notice must be taken. (4) The Commissioner may, at any time, revoke any tree conservation notice made under this section.