Point in time view as at 07/03/2022. This version of this cross heading contains provisions that are prospective.
Environment Act 1995, Paragraph 5 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Prospective
5E+W+SAfter section 110 of the M1Water (Scotland) Act 1980 there shall be inserted—
(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, this Act shall bind the Crown.
(2)No contravention by the Crown of any provision made by or under this Act shall make the Crown criminally liable; but the Court of Session may, on the application of a water authority, declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.
(3)Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) above, any provision made by or under this Act shall apply to persons in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other persons.
(4)If the Secretary of State certifies that it appears to him, as respects any Crown premises and any powers of entry exercisable in relation to them specified in the certificate, that it is requisite or expedient that, in the interests of national security, the powers should not be exercisable in relation to those premises, those powers shall not be exercisable in relation to those premises.
(5)Nothing in this section shall be taken as in any way affecting Her Majesty in her private capacity.
(6)Subject to subsections (4) and (5) above, the powers conferred by sections 16 to 18 above shall be exercisable in relation to land in which there is a Crown interest only with the consent of the appropriate authority.
(7)In this section—
“the appropriate authority” has the same meaning as it has in section 253(7) of the M2Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;
“Crown interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, or belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department;
“Crown premises” means premises held by or on behalf of the Crown.
(8)The provisions of subsection (7) of section 253 of the M3Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (questions relating to Crown application) as to the determination of questions shall apply for the purposes of this section.”.
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