Section 128H Sections 128A to 128G: interpretation and application to the CrownF1

In sections 128A to 128G and this section—

• “application” means an application for a statutory trust discharge order;

• “commencement” means the coming into force of section 69 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026;

• “long lease” means a lease which was granted for a term of 20 years or longer;

• “new publicity requirements” has the meaning given in section 128E(1);

• “previous advertisement procedure” means whichever of the following applied to the previous appropriation or disposal—

  1. (a)

     the requirement to advertise notice of the intention to make the appropriation in accordance with—

     1. (i)

        section 122(2A) in the case of an appropriation by a principal council;

     2. (ii)

        section 126(4A) in the case of an appropriation by a parish council or parish meeting;

  2. (b)

     the requirement to advertise notice of the intention to make the disposal in accordance with—

     1. (i)

        section 123(2A) in the case of a disposal by a principal council;

     2. (ii)

        section 123(2A) as applied by section 127(2) in the case of a disposal by a parish council or parish meeting;

• “previous appropriation or disposal” has the meaning given in section 128D(4);

• “qualifying conditions” has the meaning given in section 128D(1);

• “relevant land” means the land identified in the application for a statutory trust discharge order as the land relation to which the order is being sought;

• “statutory trust discharge order” has the meaning given in section 128A(1).

A reference in sections 128A to 128G to the freehold owner, or the tenant under a long lease, is a reference to—