Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/cy/ukpga/1981/69/section/66B
Timestamp: 2019-09-15 10:52:50
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Newidiadau dros amser i: Section 66B
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Section 66B yn gyfredol gyda’r holl newidiadau y gwyddys eu bod mewn grym ar neu cyn 15 Medi 2019. Mae newidiadau a all gael eu dwyn i rym yn y dyfodol. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F166BApplication of Part 1 to Crown: ScotlandS
(1)Subject to subsections (2) to (5), Part 1 (including regulations and orders made under it) bind the Crown.
(2)No contravention by the Crown of any provision made by or under Part 1 makes the Crown criminally liable but the Court of Session may, on the application of any public body or office-holder having responsibility for enforcing that provision, declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.
(3)Despite subsection (2), any provision made by or under Part 1 applies to persons in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other persons.
(4)A species control order may be made under section 14D in relation to Crown land only with the consent of the appropriate authority.
(5)The powers conferred by sections 14M and 19ZC are exercisable in relation to Crown land only with the consent of the appropriate authority.
(6)In this section, “Crown land” means an interest in land which—
(b)belongs to Her Majesty in right of Her private estates;
(c)belongs to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration or is held in trust for Her Majesty by such an office-holder for the purposes of the Scottish Administration; or
(7)In this section, the “appropriate authority”—
(b)in the case of any other land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, means the office-holder in the Scottish Administration who or, as the case may be, government department which manages the land [F2or the relevant person];
(c)in the case of land belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her private estates, means a person appointed by Her Majesty in writing under the Royal Sign Manual or, if no such appointment is made, the Scottish Ministers;
(d)in the case of land belonging to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration or held in trust for Her Majesty by such an office-holder for the purposes of the Scottish Administration, means that office-holder;
(e)in the case of land belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department, means that government department.
[F3(7A)In subsection (7), “relevant person”, in relation to any land to which section 90B(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 applies, means the person who manages that land.]
(8)The references in subsections (6)(b) and (7)(c) to Her Majesty's private estates are to be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Crown Private Estates Act 1862 (c.37).
(9)It is for the Scottish Ministers to determine any question which arises as to who is the appropriate authority in relation to any land, and their decision is final.]
F1S. 66B inserted (S.) (1.1.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 41(3), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/433, art. 2(1)(i)
F2Words in s. 66B(7)(b) inserted (1.4.2017) by The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017 (S.I. 2017/524), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 16(a)
F3S. 66B(7A) inserted (1.4.2017) by The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017 (S.I. 2017/524), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 16(b)