# Welsh Development Agency Act 1975, Paragraph 22

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A private interest in land may be acquired compulsorily under section 21A above even though the land is Crown land if the appropriate authority is the Assembly or, otherwise, if consent is given in writing by the appropriate authority.
(2) In this paragraph—
(a) “private interest” means an interest which is not a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;
(b) “Crown land” means land in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;
(c) “Crown interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department;
(d) “Duchy interest” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall; and
(e) “appropriate authority” in relation to Crown land shall be determined in accordance with section 293(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/70/schedule/4/paragraph/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-development-agency-act-1975/schedule-4/paragraph-22
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