Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 S Crown application: Scotland

Compulsory acquisition S

3 (1) In the principal Scottish Act, section 189 (compulsory acquisition of land for development and other planning purposes) is amended as follows. S

(2) After subsection (2) there is inserted the following subsection—

“(2A) The Scottish Ministers must not authorise the acquisition of any interest in Crown land unless—

(a) it is an interest which is for the time being held otherwise than by or on behalf of the Crown, and

(b) the appropriate authority consents to the acquisition.”

(3) After subsection (8) there is inserted the following subsection—

“(9) Crown land must be construed in accordance with Part 12.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 5 para. 3 in force at 12.6.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/268, art. 3(f)