SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Crown application: Scotland

4Compulsory acquisition

1

Section 190 of that Act (compulsory acquisition of land by Secretary of State for the Environment) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (1) there is inserted the following subsection—

1A

But subsection (1) does not permit 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 (7) there is added the following subsection—

8

Crown land must be construed in accordance with Part 12.