46Crown application
(1)This Act binds the Crown.
(2)If the Secretary of State certifies that it appears to the Secretary of State appropriate in the interests of national security that powers of entry conferred under this Act should not be exercisable in relation to Crown premises specified in the certificate, those powers are not exercisable in relation to those premises.
(3)In subsection (2), “Crown premises” means premises held, or used, by or on behalf of the Crown.
(4)No power of entry conferred under this Act may be exercised in relation to land belonging to His Majesty in right of His private estates.
(5)In subsection (4), the reference to His Majesty’s private estates is to be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Crown Private Estates Act 1862.