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Section 21 Crown application: criminal offencesI1I2

Scotland

(1)

Nothing in Part 1 or 2 makes the Crown criminally liable.

(2)

But the Court of Session may, on an application by the Lord Advocate, declare unlawful any act or omission for which the Crown would be criminally liable were it not for subsection (1).

(3)

Subsection (1) does not affect the criminal liability of persons in the service of the Crown.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 21 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 39(2)

I2

S. 21 in force at 6.1.2025 by S.S.I. 2024/370, reg. 2