Legislation Act 2019

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  • Schedule 4 Part 1: editorial change made, on 24 April 2023, by sections 86(1) and 87(l)(iii) and (iv) and (q) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58), and Schedule 3: editorial change made, on 22 May 2023, under sections 86(1), 87(l)(iii) and (o)(iii) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).
22 Legislation not binding on the Crown

(1)

No Act or part of an Act binds the Crown unless the Act (or other legislation) expressly provides that the Crown is bound by the Act or part.

(2)

No secondary legislation, or part of secondary legislation, made under an Act or part of an Act binds the Crown unless—

(a)

the Act (or another Act) expressly provides that the Crown is bound by the Act or part of the Act; or

(b)

the Act or the secondary legislation (or any other legislation) expressly provides that the Crown is bound by the secondary legislation or part of the secondary legislation.

Compare: 1999 No 85 s 27