Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order puts the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons in a corresponding position to that of the Crown for the purposes of the application to them of:
the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990;
the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;
the Building Act 1984 and the London Building Acts;
the Fire Precautions Act 1971.
To that end it provides that any interest of the Corporate Officers in land and their occupation of land for the purposes of the House of Lords or House of Commons shall be regarded as a Crown interest and as occupation by the Crown respectively. It provides that development, works or operations carried out by or on behalf of the Corporate Officers shall be regarded as carried out by or on behalf of the Crown. It also provides that the Corporate Officers shall be regarded as the appropriate Crown authority in respect of land which is regarded as Crown land by virtue of this Order or which forms part of the Palace of Westminster for which they have management responsibilities.