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Reservoirs Act 1975
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- 1975 c. 23
- Crown application
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- s. 1(4B) inserted by 2009 asp 6 s. 84(2)
- s. 12C inserted by 2009 asp 6 s. 89
- s. 12ZA inserted by 2009 asp 6 s. 88
- s. 22B inserted by 2009 asp 6 s. 86(2)
- s. 27B inserted by 2009 asp 6 s. 90
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Textual Amendments
F1Act repealed (S.) (1.4.2016) by Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 9), ss. 8(2), 116(1) (with s. 110); S.S.I. 2016/42, art. 2, sch. (with art. 3)
F2S. 27A inserted (E.W.) (1.10.2004 for E., 11.11.2004 for W.) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 80, 105(3); S.I. 2004/2528, art. 2(p) (with Sch. para. 8); S.I. 2004/2916, art. 2(c)
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(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, this Act binds the Crown.
(2)No contravention by the Crown of any provision made by or under this Act shall make the Crown criminally liable; but the High Court may, on the application of the [F3appropriate agency], declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.
(3)Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) above, the provisions of this Act shall apply to persons in the public service of the Crown as they apply to other persons.
(4)If the Secretary of State certifies that it appears to him, as respects any Crown premises and any power of entry exercisable in relation to them specified in the certificate, that it is requisite or expedient that, in the interests of national security, the powers should not be exercisable in relation to those premises, those powers shall not be exercisable in relation to those premises.
(5)Subject to subsection (4) above, the power conferred by section 17 above shall be exercisable in relation to land in which there is a Crown or Duchy interest only with the consent of the appropriate authority.
(6)Nothing in this section shall be taken as in any way affecting Her Majesty in Her private capacity; and this subsection shall be construed as if section 38(3) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (interpretation of references to Her Majesty in Her private capacity) were contained in this Act.
(7)In this section—
“the appropriate authority” has the same meaning as it has in Part 13 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by virtue of section 293(2) of that Act;
“Crown or Duchy interest” means an interest which belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster, or to the Duchy of Cornwall, or belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department;
“Crown premises” means premises held by or on behalf of the Crown.
(8)The provisions of subsection (3) of section 293 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (questions relating to Crown application) as to the determination of questions shall apply for the purposes of this section.]
Textual Amendments
F3Words in s. 27A(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 124 (with Sch. 7)
[F427CMinisterial responsibilityE+W
References to “the Minister” in this Act are to be construed in accordance with paragraph 42 of Schedule 4 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.]]
Textual Amendments
F4S. 27C inserted (E.W.) (1.10.2011) by Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29), s. 49(3), Sch. 4 para. 42(2) (with s. 49(1)(6)); S.I. 2011/2204, art. 3(1)(j)
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