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(1)Part 1 of this Act binds the Crown and applies to any Crown land as it applies in relation to any other land.
(2)The modifications made by Part 2 bind the Crown to the extent that the enactment modified binds the Crown.
(3)No contravention by the Crown of any provision made by or under this Act makes the Crown criminally liable.
(4)But the Court of Session may, on the application of SEPA or a person authorised by SEPA, declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.
(5)Despite subsection (3), any provision made by or under this Act applies to persons in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other persons.
(6)The powers conferred by section 91 (whether those specified in that section or the ancillary powers referred to in section 93(1) or (2)) are exercisable in relation to Crown land only with the consent of the appropriate authority.
(7)In subsection (6)—
(a)“Crown land” means land, an interest in which—
(i)belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or in right of Her private estates,
(ii)belongs to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration or to a government department,
(iii)is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of the Scottish Administration or a government department,
(b)“appropriate authority”, in relation to any land—
(i)in the case of land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown and forming part of the Crown Estate, means the Crown Estate Commissioners,
(ii)in the case of any other land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, means the office-holder in the Scottish Administration or, as the case may be, government department having the management of the land [F1or the relevant person] ,
(iii)in the case of land belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her private estates, means a person appointed by Her Majesty in writing under the Royal Sign Manual or, if no such appointment is made, the Scottish Ministers,
(iv)in the case of land belonging to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration or to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of the Scottish Administration or a government department, means the office-holder or government department.
[F2(7A)In subsection (7), “relevant person”, in relation to any land to which section 90B(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 applies, means the person who manages that land.]
(8)In subsection (7), the references in paragraph (a)(i) and (b)(iii) to Her Majesty's private estates are to be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Crown Private Estates Act 1862 (c.37).
(9)It is for the Scottish Ministers to determine any question which arises as to who is the appropriate authority in relation to any land, and their decision is final.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 110(7)(b)(ii) inserted (1.4.2017) by The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017 (S.I. 2017/524), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 44(a)
F2S. 110(7A) inserted (1.4.2017) by The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017 (S.I. 2017/524), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 44(b)
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I1S. 110(1)(3)-(9) in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/63, art. 2, Sch.
I2S. 110(2) in force at 1.1.2015 by S.S.I. 2014/348, art. 2, Sch.
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