Section 397: Purchase of Duchy of Lancaster land

Communications Act 2003 · 2003 c. 21View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 6: Miscellaneous and Supplemental

The Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster may, if they think fit, agree with a person who provides a public electronic communications network for the sale, and absolutely make sale, for such sum of money as appears to them sufficient consideration for the same, of any land which—

belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster; and
is land which that person seeks to acquire for, or in connection with, the provision of his network.

In this section "public electronic communications network" has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 2.

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