Section 24A Crown application: ScotlandF1

Section 4CA binds the Crown and applies in relation to Crown land as it applies in relation to other land.

Nothing in that section is to be taken as in any way affecting Her Majesty in Her private capacity.

No contravention by the Crown of section 4D(2) in respect of a failure to comply with a requirement under a power conferred by section 4CA makes the Crown criminally liable.

But the Court of Session may, on the application of the Lord Advocate, declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.

For the purposes of subsection (1), “ Crown land ” means land an interest in which—

In subsection (5), “ an office-holder in the Scottish Administration ” is to be construed in accordance with section 126(7)(a) of the Scotland Act 1998.