21Reservation of minerals

21 Reservation of minerals (1) An estate in fee simple, however acquired, is subject to a reservation to the Crown of all minerals, mineral substances and ores in or on the land including gems, stones, sands, valuable earths and fossil fuels, together with the right to authorise any person to enter upon the land to explore for and to mine or otherwise recover and remove them and to do all things necessary or convenient for those purposes. (2) The entry in the land register and the certificate as to title in relation to an estate in fee simple, however acquired, shall be construed as containing the reservation referred to in subsection (1).