The Forestry Commission is across border public authority, and is not subject to triennial review.Forestry CommissionScotland, which serves as the Executive’s forestry department, was set upfollowing the recommendations of the forestry devolution review on 1 April 2003. Atthe same time Forest Enterprise, which was originally set up as an Executive agencyon 1 April 1996 with a Great Britain remit, was trisected on 1 April 2003 to createseparate agencies in Scotland, England and Wales.Following a review of theappropriate status for Forest Enterprise in Scotland, Ministers decided thatcontinuation as an Executive agency of Forestry Commission Scotland was themost appropriate course of action.