227 “Crown land” and “the appropriate Crown authority”

227  “Crown land” and “the appropriate Crown authority”

(1)     In this Act, “Crown land” and “the appropriate Crown authority” must be read in accordance with this section.

(2)     “Crown land” is land in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest.

(3)     For the purposes of this section, a Crown interest is any of the following—

(a)     an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or in right of Her private estates;

(b)     an interest belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department;

(c)     an interest belonging to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of the Scottish Administration by such an office-holder;

(d)     the interest of the Speaker of the House of Lords in those parts of the Palace of Westminster and its precincts occupied on 23 March 1965 by or on behalf of the House of Lords;

(e)     the interest of the Speaker of

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