Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

95 Registration of land holdings

(1) The Secretary of State may compile and maintain a register, in such form as he may think fit, of land which satisfies the conditions specified in subsection (2) below.

(2) The conditions mentioned in subsection (1) above are—

(a) that a freehold or leasehold interest in the land is owned by a body to which this Part of this Act applies or a subsidiary of such a body ;

(b) that it is situated in an area in relation to which this Part of this Act is in operation or is not so situated but adjoins other land which is so situated and in which a freehold or leasehold interest is owned by a body to which this Part of this Act applies or a subsidiary of such a body; and

(c) that in the opinion of the Secretary of State the land is not being used or not being sufficiently used for the purposes of the performance of the body's functions or of carrying on their undertaking.

(3) The Secretary of State may enter on the register any such land satisfying the conditions specified in subsection (2) above as he may think fit.

(4) The Secretary of State may also enter on the register any Crown land situated in an area in relation to which this Part of this Act is in operation or not so situated but adjoining other Crown land which is so situated.

(5) The information to be included in the register in relation to any land entered on it shall be such as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

(6) In this section "Crown land " means land belonging to a government department or to a body who perform their functions on behalf of the Crown or held on trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department; and in this subsection " government department" includes any Minister of the Crown.