{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/light-railways-act-1896/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/light-railways-act-1896/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/59-60/48",
  "legislation_title": "Light Railways Act 1896",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/light-railways-act-1896",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Power to grant Crown lands.",
  "text": "(1) The Crown Estate Commissioners shall, on behalf of Her Majesty, have the like powers to convey Crown lands as are by this Act conferred upon persons having power, either by statute or otherwise, to sell and convey lands, except that in the case of Crown lands the sanction of the Treasury shall be substituted for the sanction of the Board of Agriculture.\n(2) In subsection (1), in relation to land to which section 90B(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 applies—\n(a) the reference to the Crown Estate Commissioners is to be read as a reference to the person who manages the land, and\n(b) the reference to the Treasury is to be read as a reference to the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 20(1): s. 20 renumbered as s. 20(1) (1.4.2017) by The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017 (S.I. 2017/524), para. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of S.R.& O. 1924/1370 (Rev. V, p. 443, 1924, p. 228), Crown Estate Act 1956 (c. 73), s. 1(1)(7) and Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), s. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 20(2) inserted (1.4.2017) by The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017 (S.I. 2017/524), para. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "References to Board of Agriculture to be construed as references to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1(1) and S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/59-60/48/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:54.888339+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."
}