Part 4Supplementary

50Rights of the Crown and Scottish Ministers

1

Nothing in this Act affects prejudicially any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown or the Scottish Ministers.

2

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), nothing in this Act authorises the acquisition of land (including any rights or interests in land)—

a

belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown and under the management of the Crown Estate Commissioners F2or a relevant person, without the consent in writing of those Commissioners F3or that person; or

b

held or used by a Minister of the Crown, a government department or the Scottish Ministers, without the consent in writing of that Minister or government department or of the Scottish Ministers.

F12A

In subsection (2), “relevant person”, in relation to any property, rights or interests to which section 90B(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 applies, means the person who manages that property or those rights or interests.

3

A consent under subsection (2) may be given unconditionally or subject to terms and conditions.