Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pts. 10-12: transfer of functions (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 Pt. 2 (with art. 9(2))
211—(1) This Act, except sections 146 (including that section as applied by section 157(6)), 156, 161 and 166, binds the Crown to the full extent authorised or permitted by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.
(2) But subsection (1) is subject to express provision made by the following provisions of this Part.
Commencement Information
I1S. 211 in operation at 13.2.2015 for specified purposes by S.R. 2015/49, art. 2, Sch. 1
I2S. 211 in operation at 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2015/49, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2) (as amended (16.3.2016) by S.R. 2016/159, art. 2)
212—(1) In this Part—
“the appropriate authority”, in relation to any land, means—
in the case of land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown and forming part of the Crown Estate, the Crown Estate Commissioners;
in the case of any other land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, the government department having the management of that land;
in the case of land belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department, that government department;
“Crown estate” means any of the following—
an estate belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown;
an estate belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department;
such other estate as the Department may specify by order subject to affirmative resolution;
“Crown land” means land in which there is a Crown estate;
“government department” means a department of the Government of the United Kingdom or a Northern Ireland department;
“private estate” means an estate which is not a Crown estate.
(2) For the purposes of an application for planning permission made by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of land which does not belong to the Crown or in respect of which it has no estate a reference to the appropriate authority must be construed as a reference to the person who makes the application.
Commencement Information
I3S. 212 in operation at 13.2.2015 for specified purposes by S.R. 2015/49, art. 2, Sch. 1
I4S. 212 in operation at 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2015/49, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2) (as amended (16.3.2016) by S.R. 2016/159, art. 2)