Nothing in the principal Act shall be construed as rendering any property of the Crown subject to distress, or liable to be taken or disposed of by means of any distress.

The principal Act shall not in any manner (save as otherwise expressly provided) affect or alter the descent, devolution or tenure or the nature of the estates and interests of or in any land for the time being vested in His Majesty either in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster or of or in any land for the time being belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall and held in right or in respect of the said Duchy, but so nevertheless that, after the commencement of this Act, no estates, interests or charges in or over any such lands as aforesaid shall be conveyed or created, except such estates, interests or charges as are capable under the principal Act of subsisting or of being conveyed or created.

Subject as aforesaid the principal Act shall bind the Crown.