How the public interest in land will be protected after the abolition of the Crown as feudal superior, as proposed in the Abolition of Feud…

Answered Asked by Dr Sylvia Jackson Lab Lodged 26 Oct 1999

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how the public interest in land will be protected after the abolition of the Crown as feudal superior, as proposed in the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc (Scotland) Bill.

The answer

Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 Nov 1999 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

The Abolition of Feudal Tenure Bill will not affect current public law mechanisms for protecting the public interest in land. In particular the planning system will be unaffected. In addition the Bill expressly saves the right of the Crown Estate Commissioners on behalf of the Crown to enforce burdens over the foreshore and seabed which have been conceived in the public interest.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-02145 by reference.