The Secretary of State may by regulations direct that section 211 shall not apply in such cases as may be specified in the regulations.
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may be framed so as to exempt from the application of that section cases defined by reference to all or any of the following matters—
acts of such descriptions or done in such circumstances or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the regulations;
trees in such conservation areas as may be so specified;
trees of a size or species so specified; or
trees belonging to persons or bodies of a description so specified.
The regulations may, in relation to any matter by reference to which an exemption is conferred by them, make different provision for different circumstances.
Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of that subsection, exempt from the application of section 211 cases exempted from section 198 by subsection (6) of that section.