What progress it is making on completing the devolution of forestry by bringing into force the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act …

A package of regulations was laid on 15 February which will bring into force the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 on 1 April 2019. This package also creates a new regime for the regulation of forestry, which is based on the current regime to ensure continuity for the forestry sector, but is also modernised in line with the Act itself.
Alongside the recently published Scottish Forestry Strategy 2019-2029 https://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/supporting/strategy-policy-guidance/forestry-strategy , the new regulatory regime will help us to achieve our ambitions for forestry in Scotland and complete the devolution of forestry this year.