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Section 22 Crown landF1I1

England and Wales

(1)

This scheme shall apply to any holding or part of a holding which belongs to Her Majesty or to the Duchy of Lancaster, the Duchy of Cornwall or a goverment department, or which is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.

(2)

For the purposes of this Scheme—

(a)

as respects land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, the Crown Estate Commissioners or the proper officer or body having charge of the land for the time being or, if there is no such officer or body, such person as Her Majesty may appoint in writing under the Royal Sign Manual, shall represent Her Majesty, and shall be deemed to be the landlord or tenant, as the case may be;

(b)

as respects land belonging to Her Majesty privately, such person as Her Majesty may appoint in writing under the Royal Sign Manual shall represent Her Majesty and shall be deemed to be the landlord;

(c)

as respects land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chancellor of the Duchy shall represent Her Majesty, and shall be deemed to be the landlord or tenant, as the case may be;

(d)

as respects land belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall, such person as the Duke of Cornwall or the possessor for the time being of the Duchy appoints shall represent the Duchy, and shall be deemed to be the landlord or the tenant, as the case may be.

(3)

Any sum payable under this Scheme to or by the Duke of Cornwall (or any other possessor for the time being of the Duchy of Cornwall) may be treated, or raised and paid, as if it were a payment made for, or an expense incurred in, as the case may be, permanently improving the possessions of the Duchy as mentioned in section 8 of the Duchy of Cornwall Management Act 1863f1.

(4)

Any sum payable under this Scheme to or by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster may—

(a)

be treated, or raised and paid, as if it were a payment made for, or an expense incurred in, as the case may be, the improvement of land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy within section 25 of the Duchy of Lancaster Act 1817f2; or

(b)

be paid in to or out of annual revenues of the Duchy.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Scheme revoked (E.) (6.4.2007) by The Milk (Cessation of Production) (Revocation) Scheme 2007 (S.I. 2007/476), paras. 1, 2(1)(b)

Commencement

I1

Para. 22 in force at 10.6.1987, see para. 1

Footnotes

f1

1863 c. 49.

f2

1817 c. 97.