P.2017/39
The States are asked to decide:-
Whether, after consideration of the Policy Letter entitled "Amendment to the Cutting of Hedges Ordinance, 1953" dated 25th April 2017, they are of the opinion:-
1. To amend Section 1(1) of the Cutting of Hedges Ordinance, 1953 to require the owner of land bordering a public road to, between the 1st day and the 15th day of June and between the 15th day and the 30th day of September in each year, cut away such parts of all hedges as overhang such public road and immediately thereafter remove from such public road all material cut from such hedges; and
2. To direct the preparation of the legislation.
The above propositions have been submitted to Her Majesty's Procureur for advice on any legal or constitutional implications in accordance with Rule 4(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the States of Deliberation and their Committees.
