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Section 23 Crown applicationI1I2I3I4

(1)

This Chapter binds the Crown.

(2)

No contravention by the Crown of any provision of this Chapter shall make the Crown criminally liable; but the High Court (or, in Scotland, the Court of Session) may declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.

(3)

The provisions of this Chapter apply to persons in the public service of the Crown as they apply to other persons.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 23 in force at 1.1.2007 for E. by S.I. 2006/3125, art. 2(1)

I2

S. 23 in force at 1.3.2007 for S. by S.I. 2006/3125, art. 2(2)

I3

S. 23 in force at 13.12.2008 for W. by S.I. 2008/3171, art. 2(a)

I4

S. 23 in force at 1.8.2012 for N.I. by S.R. 2012/307, art. 2(a)