(1)Where subsection (2) or (3) applies, the manager of a Scottish Crown Estate asset (other than the Scottish Ministers) may transfer ownership of the asset only with the consent of the Scottish Ministers.
(2)This subsection applies where, as a result of the transfer, the manager would no longer manage any Scottish Crown Estate assets.
(3)This subsection applies where the asset is or includes a portion of the seabed (that is, the bed and subsoil of the sea within the Scottish marine area).
(4)In subsection (3)—
“Scottish marine area” is to be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010,
“sea” is to be construed in accordance with section 2 of that Act.