Crown Estate Act 2025

2025 Chapter 7

An Act to amend the Crown Estate Act 1961.

Enacted [11th March 2025]

Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

^I11 Power of Crown Estate Commissioners to borrow etc¶

1 The Crown Estate Act 1961 is amended as follows.

2 In section 1 (general provision about Crown Estate Commissioners), after subsection (4) insert—

3 In section 3 (management powers etc)—

a omit subsection (4), and

b in subsection (5), for the words from “, on security” to the end substitute “in accordance with section 3A, or otherwise with the consent of the Treasury.”

4 After that section insert—

^I32 Number of Crown Estate Commissioners and their salaries and expenses¶

1 Schedule 1 to the Crown Estate Act 1961 (constitution etc of Crown Estate Commissioners) is amended as follows.

2 In paragraph 1—

a in sub-paragraph (1), for “eight” substitute “12”;

b in sub-paragraph (3), omit “, and the second Crown Estate Commissioner, if any, deputy chairman”.

3 For paragraph 5 substitute—

^I43 Sustainable development¶

In section 1 of the Crown Estate Act 1961 (general provision about the Crown Estate Commissioners), after subsection (3) insert—

^I54 Annual reports¶

In section 2 of the Crown Estate Act 1961 (reports and accounts), after subsection (1) insert—

^I65 Territorial seabed¶

After section 3A of the Crown Estate Act 1961 (inserted by section 1 of this Act) insert—

^I76 Commissioners with special responsibility¶

1 Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Crown Estate Act 1961 (constitution etc), is amended as follows.

2 Before sub-paragraph (4) insert—

3 Before sub-paragraph (5) insert—

^I27 Extent, commencement and short title¶

1 This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2 This Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

3 This Act may be cited as the Crown Estate Act 2025.

Footnotes

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S. 1 in force at 11.5.2025, see s. 7(2)
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S. 7 in force at 11.5.2025, see s. 7(2)
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S. 2 in force at 11.5.2025, see s. 7(2)
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S. 3 in force at 11.5.2025, see s. 7(2)
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S. 4 in force at 11.5.2025, see s. 7(2)
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S. 5 in force at 11.5.2025, see s. 7(2)
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S. 6 in force at 11.5.2025, see s. 7(2)