Part 5 - Regulation of Estate Management Section 98: Part 5: Crown application
Section 98 sets out the extent to which the provisions of Part 5 apply to the Crown. It requires that the provisions in Part 5 apply in relation to estate management carried out by, or on behalf of, a government department.
	Subsection (1) seeks to bind the Crown in all respect for Sections which relate to the provision of sales information requests (Sections 94 to 97). Subsection (2) details how the remaining provisions in Part 5 apply to the Crown. Subsection (2)(a) clarifies that the provisions in Part 5 apply in circumstances where estate management functions are carried out by, or on behalf of, government departments. Subsection (2)(b) binds the Crown in all respects in circumstances where the estate management is carried out by another entity, for example an estate management company or a government department, as the Crown may be required to provide information which is not held by those entities.