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(1)This section applies to any house, building or other premises being property belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster, or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall, or belonging to a government department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for purposes of a government department.
(2)In relation to any such property, the appropriate authority may agree with—
(a)the council of the county, or
(b)the local authority of the district,
in which the property is situated that any particular provisions of this Part of this Act, and of Part IV of this Act so far as it relates to this Part, shall apply to the property; and, while the agreement is in force, those provisions shall apply to that property accordingly, subject to the terms of the agreement.
[F1(2A)Subsection (2) above shall apply in relation to property in Wales as if—
(a)in paragraph (a) the reference to a county included a reference to a county borough; and
(b)paragraph (b) were omitted.]
(3)Any such agreement may contain such consequential and incidental provisions (including, with the approval of the Treasury, provisions of a financial character) as appear to the appropriate authority to be necessary or equitable.
(4)In this section, “the appropriate authority” means—
(a)in the case of property belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, the Crown Estate Commissioners or other government department having the management of the property,
(b)in the case of property belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chancellor of the Duchy,
(c)in the case of property 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 property belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for purposes of a government department, that department,
and, if a question arises as to what authority is the appropriate authority in relation to any property, that question shall be referred to the Treasury, whose decision is final.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 87(2A) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(3), Sch. 9 para. 15(2) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); s.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 87 modified (17.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1732, art. 4(2)
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