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Crown Estate Act 2025

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1 affected Act; 12 amendments in total. Each block shows the target Act's text with this Act's changes applied.

Crown Estate Act 1961

12 amendments · open Act

  1. Section 1(3A)1 insertion

    1 General provisions as to Crown Estate Commissioners

    subsections (1) – (3) unchanged

    3A The Commissioners must keep under review the impact of their activities on the achievement of sustainable development in the United Kingdom.

    subsections (4) – (7) unchanged

  2. Section 1(4)1 insertion

    1 General provisions as to Crown Estate Commissioners

    subsections (1) – (4) unchanged

    4A The powers exercisable by the Commissioners in the discharge of their functions under this Act include powers to do anything which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the discharge of those functions.
  3. Section 2(1A)1 insertion

    2 Reports and accounts

    1 As soon as may be after the end of each financial year, the Commissioners shall make to Her Majesty a report on the performance of their functions in that year, and shall lay a copy of that report before each House of Parliament.
    1A The annual report for a year in which a partnership between the Commissioners and Great British Energy is in operation must include a report on—
    a the activities of the Commissioners during the year under that partnership, and
    b any effects or benefits experienced during the year which were the result of activities of the Commissioners under that partnership.

    subsections (2) – (7) unchanged

  4. Section 3(4)1 deletion

    3 Management powers etc

    subsections (1) – (3) unchanged

    4 The Commissioners shall not, without the consent of the Treasury, give any undertaking to any person having an interest in or right over land of the Crown Estate that the Commissioners will not exercise their powers under subsection (1) above in relation to that land.

    subsections (5) – (8) unchanged

  5. Section 3(5)1 change

    3 Management powers etc

    subsections (1) – (4) unchanged

    5 The powers exercisable by the Commissioners in the management of the Crown Estate shall include power to borrow money , on security of land of the Crown Estate or of investments held by them, with the approval of the Treasuryin accordance with section 3A, or otherwise with the consent of the Treasury.

    subsections (6) – (8) unchanged

  6. Section 3A1 insertion

    3A Power of the Commissioners to borrow etc

    1 The Treasury may—
    a arrange for loans to be issued to the Commissioners out of the National Loans Fund;
    b provide financial assistance (including by way of loan) to the Commissioners out of money provided by Parliament.
    2 In the case of a loan issued under subsection (1)(a)—
    a the Treasury may determine the rate of interest on the loan (and, accordingly, section 5 of the National Loans Act 1968 applies), and
    b the Treasury must pay any sums received in respect of the loan into the National Loans Fund.
  7. Section 3B1 insertion

    3B Restriction on permanently disposing of interest in seabed etc

    1 The Commissioners may not without the consent of the Treasury permanently dispose of—
    a any part of the territorial seabed, or
    b any interest, right or privilege over or in relation to the territorial seabed,
    which forms part of the Crown Estate.
    2 Accordingly, without that consent, any purported disposal of a kind mentioned in subsection (1) is void.
    3 In subsection (1), "territorial seabed" means the seabed and subsoil within the seaward limits of the United Kingdom territorial waters.
  8. Schedule FIRST ¶ 1 11 change

    Schedule 1 — Constitution etc of Crown Estate Commissioners

    Paragraph 1

    sub-paragraph (1) (opening words) unchanged

    1 There shall be such number of commissioners, not exceeding eight12, as Her Majesty may from time to time determine.

    sub-paragraphs (2) – (6) unchanged

  9. Schedule FIRST ¶ 1 31 deletion

    Schedule 1 — Constitution etc of Crown Estate Commissioners

    Paragraph 1

    sub-paragraphs (1) – (2) unchanged

    3 The first Crown Estate Commissioner shall be chairman of the Commissioners, and the second Crown Estate Commissioner, if any, deputy chairman.

    sub-paragraphs (4) – (6) unchanged

  10. Schedule FIRST ¶ 1 3B3 insertions

    Schedule 1 — Constitution etc of Crown Estate Commissioners

    Paragraph 1

    sub-paragraphs (1) – (3) unchanged

    3B The commissioners appointed under this paragraph must include—
    a a commissioner responsible for giving advice about England,
    b a commissioner responsible for giving advice about Wales, and
    c a commissioner responsible for giving advice about Northern Ireland.
    3C References in sub-paragraph (3B) to “giving advice about” a part of the United Kingdom are to the giving of advice to the Commissioners about conditions in that part so far as relating to their functions in relation to land there.
    3D A commissioner's responsibility for giving advice under sub-paragraph (3B) is additional to the other responsibilities of a commissioner.

    sub-paragraphs (4) – (6) unchanged

  11. Schedule FIRST ¶ 1 4B1 insertion

    Schedule 1 — Constitution etc of Crown Estate Commissioners

    Paragraph 1

    sub-paragraphs (1) – (4A) unchanged

    4B No recommendation may be made to His Majesty for the appointment of a person as a commissioner under sub-paragraph (3B)(b) or (c) unless—
    a the Welsh Ministers have been consulted about the appointment, in the case of an appointment under sub-paragraph (3B)(b), or
    b the Executive Office in Northern Ireland has been consulted about the appointment, in the case of an appointment under sub-paragraph (3B)(c).

    sub-paragraphs (5) – (6) unchanged

  12. Schedule FIRST ¶ 51 change

    Schedule 1 — Constitution etc of Crown Estate Commissioners

    paragraphs 1 – 4 unchanged

    5 There shall be paid to each commissioner such salary as the Treasury may determine, and the expenses of the Commissioners shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.The salaries and expenses of the Commissioners, including the remuneration of persons appointed by them under paragraph 4(1), are to be paid out of the income of the Crown Estate.

    paragraph 6 unchanged