Prospective
122—(1) This Act binds the Crown and applies to any Crown land to the full extent authorised or permitted by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), any provision made by or under this Act applies to persons in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other persons.
(3) In this section and sections 123 and 124, reference to the Crown includes a reference to the Crown in right of Her Majesty's Government in Northern Ireland.
(4) In this section and section 123—
(a)“Crown land” means land in which there is a Crown estate,
(b)“Crown estate” means either—
(i)an estate belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown,
(ii)an estate belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department,
(c)“government department” means a department of the Government of the United Kingdom or a Northern Ireland Department.