# Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 6: Application to Crown


(1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, this Order and regulations shall bind the Crown, including the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.
(2) No contravention by the Crown of any provision of this Order or of regulations shall make the Crown criminally liable; but the High Court may, on the application of the Department, declare unlawful any act of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (2), the provisions of this Order and of regulations shall apply to persons in the public service of the Crown as they apply to other persons.
(4) If the Secretary of State certifies that it appears to him, as respects any Crown premises and any powers of entry exercisable in relation to them specified in the certificate that it is requisite or expedient that, in the interests of national security, the powers should not be exercisable in relation to those premises, those powers shall not be exercisable in relation to those premises; and in this paragraph “Crown premises” means premises held or used by or on behalf of the Crown.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110790545/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-6
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