{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-19/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-19/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "schedule/19/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\n(a) “Crown land” means land in relation which there is an estate in land of a kind listed in column 1 of the following Table, and\n(b) “the appropriate authority”, in relation to any Crown land, means the authority specified in column 2 for the estate in land in question.\nEstate in land\nAppropriate authority\nEstate belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown (other than estate vesting as bona vacantia)\nThe Crown Estate Commissioners or other government department having management of the land\nEstate vesting in Her Majesty in right of the Crown as bona vacantia\nThe Treasury Solicitor\nEstate belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her private estates\nA person appointed by Her Majesty under the Royal Sign Manual, or, if no such appointment is made, the Secretary of State\nEstate belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster\nThe Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster\nEstate belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall\nSuch person as the Duke of Cornwall, or the possessor for the time being of the Duchy of Cornwall, appoints\nEstate belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department\nThat department\n(2) References in this Schedule to Part 7 are to Part 7 of this Act (apart from this Schedule and Schedule 20).\n(3) If any question arises as to what authority is the appropriate authority in relation to any Crown land, that question is to be referred to the Treasury, whose decision is final.\n(4) In this paragraph the reference to Her Majesty’s private estates is to be read in accordance with section 1 of the Crown Private Estates Act 1862.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 19 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 19 para. 2 in force at 30.9.2022 by S.I. 2022/48, reg. 5(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/schedule/19/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:58:04.548359+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}