Schedules
Schedule 18Heat networks regulation
Part 13Miscellaneous and general
74Crown application
1
The regulations may make provision about application to the Crown.
2
The regulations may also, to the extent that they bind the Crown, restrict or modify the application of the regulations.
3
Regulations made by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) may, in particular, provide that a power exercisable in relation to land in which there is a Crown or Duchy interest is subject to a requirement to obtain consent from a person specified in the regulations.
4
In this paragraph, “Crown or Duchy interest” means—
a
an interest belonging to His Majesty in right of the Crown or the Duchy of Lancaster, or to the Duchy of Cornwall;
b
an interest which belongs to a government department or which is held in trust for His Majesty for the purposes of a government department;
c
an interest which belongs to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration or which is held in trust for His Majesty for the purposes of the Scottish Administration by such an office-holder.
5
This includes, in particular—
a
an interest which belongs to His Majesty in right of His Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland, and
b
an interest which belongs to a Northern Ireland department or which is held in trust for His Majesty for the purposes of a Northern Ireland department.
6
A reference in this paragraph to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration is to be construed in accordance with section 126(7) of the Scotland Act 1998.