Crown land
15(1)Notwithstanding the Crown or Duchy interest a private interest in Crown land may, with the consent in writing of the appropriate authority, be acquired compulsorily under section 104 above.
(2)In this paragraph " Crown land " means land in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest, and—
(a)" 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,
(b)" Duchy interest" means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall,
(c)"private interest" means an interest which is not a Crown interest or a Duchy interest,
and " appropriate authority" in relation to Crown land shall be determined in accordance with section 266(7) of the 1971 Act.