Subject as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, this Act shall apply to land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or the Duchy of Lancaster, to land belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall and to land belonging to a government department.
For the purposes of this Act the following shall be deemed to be the owner of land to which this section applies by virtue of this section, that is to say—
Notwithstanding subsection (1) above but subject to subsection (4) below, nothing in this Act shall—
of any estate or interest in or right over any of those lands or any part of them; or
or
Nothing in subsection (3)(c) above shall apply to work done in maintaining existing works on tidal lands, or on land not in occupation of Her Majesty, the Duke of Cornwall or a government department.
Section 222 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (Crown application) shall have effect in relation to the provisions of this Act so far as they confer powers on the Agencyor the Natural Resources Body for Wales as it applies in relation to the provisions of that Act.
In this section—
"tidal lands" means lands below the high-water mark of ordinary spring tides but, for the purposes of subsection (3)(c) above, does not include any lands which are protected, by means of walls, embankments or otherwise, from the incursion of the tides; and
"approved" and "prescribed" mean, respectively, approved and prescribed by the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the owner of the lands, before the commencement of the work in question.