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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/section-97.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "section/97",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Crown application",
  "text": "(1) This Act binds the Crown, subject as follows.\n(2) No contravention by the Crown of a provision of this Act makes the Crown criminally liable.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not affect the criminal liability of persons in the service of the Crown.\n(4) An amendment or repeal made by this Act binds the Crown to the same extent as the provision amended or repealed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 97 in force at Royal Assent, see 100(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/section/97",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:07.318384+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}