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(1)In this section " Crown land " means land an interest in which belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster, or to the Duchy of Cornwall, and land an interest in which belongs to a government department or is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.
(2)Subject to the following provisions of this section, the provisions of this Part of this Act shall apply in relation to Crown land and trees growing thereon to the extent only of any estate or interest therein which is for the time being held otherwise than on behalf of the Crown.
(3)Except with the consent of the appropriate authority as defined in this section.—
(a)no conditions relating to the restocking or stocking of Crown land shall be imposed on the grant of a felling licence;
(b)no felling directions shall be given in respect of trees growing on Crown land.
(4)The Minister shall not be authorised to acquire the interest of any person in Crown land by virtue of a notice under section 21 unless an offer has previously been made by that person to dispose of that interest to the appropriate authority on terms that the price payable therefor shall be equal to (and shall be determined in default of agreement in like manner as) the compensation which would be payable in respect of that interest if it were acquired in pursuance of such a notice, and that offer has been refused by that authority.
(5)In this section " the appropriate authority " in relation to any land means—
(a)in the case of land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Grown, the Crown Estate Commissioners or other government department having the management of the land in question ;
(b)in the case of land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chancellor of the Duchy;
(c)in the case of land belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall, such person as the Duke of Cornwall, or the possessor for the time being of the Duchy of Cornwall, appoints; and
(d)in the case of land belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department, that department;
and if any question arises as to what authority is the appropriate authority in relation to any land, that question shall be referred to the Treasury, whose decision shall be final.
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