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Enforced by: Natural England
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 1 of 3 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 1 carries different penalties and 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person2

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.007 Offences Prosecution

Remove a hedgerow or breach permitted‑work rulesAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.010 Records Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Local authorities must maintain a public record of hedgerow noticesLocal authority

s.014 Rights of entry: supplementary provisions Prosecution

Obstruct authorised entry to hedgerowsAny Person

Fine up to £1,000

13 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 Interpretation

s.003 Application of Regulations

s.004 Criteria for determining “important” hedgerows

s.005 Removal of hedgerows

s.006 Permitted work

s.008 Replacement of hedgerows

s.009 Appeals

s.011 Injunctions

s.012 Rights to enter without a warrant

s.013 Right to enter under warrant

s.015 Local planning authorities as owners of hedgerows

s.016 Application of other provisions of the 1990 Act

Schedules

0 of 10 shown

10 other schedules

s.002 WOODLAND SPECIES

s.003 WOODY SPECIES

s.sch001 Archaeology and history

s.sch001 The hedgerow incorporates an archaeological feature which is—

s.sch001 The hedgerow— (a) is situated wholly or partly within an...

s.sch001 The hedgerow— (a) marks the boundary of a pre-1600 AD...

s.sch001 The hedgerow— (a) is recorded in a document held at...

s.sch001 Wildlife and landscape

s.sch001 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the hedgerow includes—

s.sch001 The hedgerow— (a) is adjacent to a bridleway or footpath,...

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Check permissions for felling trees and removing hedgerows

Quick check covering felling licences, TPOs, conservation areas, and hedgerow regulations. Determine what permissions you need before carrying out tree or hedgerow …

Starting farming: complete compliance journey

New farmers: everything you need to register, comply, and access funding - from CPH numbers to environmental schemes. Follow this step-by-step journey …

Failed a farm inspection: what to do next

What to do when you receive a non-compliance notice from a farm inspection. Covers understanding your notice, your rights, taking corrective action, …

Remove or manage hedgerows lawfully

To remove a protected countryside hedgerow you must send a hedgerow removal notice to your local planning authority. It has 42 days …

3 more guides that reference this instrument

Meet your gardening and landscaping duties Understand farm rules after cross-compliance ended Understanding nature conservation law on farmland in England

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.