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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-scotland-act-2013/section-52",
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  "legislation": "asp/2013/5",
  "legislation_title": "Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-scotland-act-2013",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Crown application",
  "text": "(1) No contravention by the Crown of any provision made by or under Part 2 or 7 makes the Crown criminally liable.\n(2) But the Court of Session may, on the application of the Scottish Ministers or any public body or office-holder having responsibility for enforcing such a provision, declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes a contravention by the Crown of such a provision.\n(3) Despite subsection (1), any such provision applies to persons in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other persons.\n(4) Schedule 3 makes further provision about the application to the Crown of Parts 2 and 7.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/5/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:31.281987+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."
}