(1) Subject to section fifty, a local planning authority may serve on the owner and theoccupier of any land an order for the preservation of natural forest, trees or woodlands or any tree on that land.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where an order has been served in terms of subsection
(1) no person shall cut down, top, lop, injure or destroy any natural forest, tree or woodland on the land to which that order relates except—
(a) in compliance with an obligation imposed by law; or
(b) to such extent as may be permissible in pursuance of a right to abate a nuisance or as may be necessary to prevent it constituting an obstruction or nuisance or causing injury to passers-by; or
(c) with the consent of, and in compliance with any conditions fixed by, the local planning authority.
(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply to a local authority or statutory body in so far as it is exercising powers conferred on it by any enactment.