[F1(1)] The expression “public department” shall include the Treasury, the [F2Ministry of Defence],. . . . F3, the Board of Inland Revenue, the [F4Commissioners of Customs and Excise], the [F5Crown Estate Commissioners], the Commissioners of Works, the Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council appointed for the consideration of matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations, and all the like public departments, bodies, or boards, and all and every officer and officers, person and persons acting on the behalf or in the interest of or entitled at the date of the passing of this Act to sue on the behalf or in the interest of any such public department.
[F6(2)But the expression “public department” does not include [F7Crown Estate Scotland].]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 4(1): s. 4 renumbered as s. 4(1) (S.) (16.2.2017) by The Crown Estate Scotland (Interim Management) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/36), arts. 1(1), 22(2)
F2Words substituted by virtue of Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15), s. 3(2)
F3Words repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 11 Pt. II
F4Words substituted by virtue of Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 10 Pt. I
F5Words substituted by virtue of S.R & O.1924/1370 (Rev. V, p. 443: 1924, p. 228), art. 1, Crown Estate Act 1956 (c. 73), s. 1(7) and Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), Sch. 2 para. 4(1)
F6S. 4(2) inserted (S.) (16.2.2017) by The Crown Estate Scotland (Interim Management) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/36), arts. 1(1), 22(3)
F7Words in s. 4(2) substituted (S.) (1.4.2020) by Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019 (asp 1), s. 46(2), sch. 1 para. 1; S.S.I. 2020/77, reg. 2(1), sch. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions of Commissioners of Works now exercisable by Secretary of State: S. R & O. 1945/991 9 Rev. XV, p. 232; 1945 I, p. 1414), art. 2 and S.I.1970/1681, art. 2(1)
C2S. 4 extended by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), s. 1 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 11(2)