UKPGA-2025-7 — Crown Estate Act 2025

preamble

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:—

s. 1 — Power of Crown Estate Commissioners to borrow etc

s. 1(1)

The Crown Estate Act 1961 is amended as follows.

s. 1(2)

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

s. 1(3)

In section 3 (management powers etc)—

s. 1(3)(a)

omit subsection (4), and

s. 1(3)(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.”

s. 1(4)

After that section insert—

s. 2 — Number of Crown Estate Commissioners and their salaries and expenses

s. 2(1)

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

s. 2(2)

In paragraph 1—

s. 2(2)(a)

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

s. 2(2)(b)

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

s. 2(3)

For paragraph 5 substitute—

s. 3 — Sustainable development

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

s. 4 — Annual reports

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

s. 5 — Territorial seabed

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

s. 6 — Commissioners with special responsibility

s. 6(1)

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

s. 6(2)

Before sub-paragraph (4) insert—

s. 6(3)

Before sub-paragraph (5) insert—

s. 7 — Extent, commencement and short title

s. 7(1)

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

s. 7(2)

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

s. 7(3)

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