http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/16/section/54Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011An Act to make provision about animal welfare.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-01-18Expert Participation2024-01-01PART 5GENERAL
54Application to the Crown1

Subject to the following provisions of this section, this Act and regulations and orders made under it bind the Crown to the full extent authorised or permitted by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.

2

No contravention by the Crown of any provision of this Act or any regulation or order made under this Act makes the Crown criminally liable; but the High Court may, on the application of any person appearing to the Court to have an interest, declare unlawful an act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.

3

Despite subsection (2), this Act applies to persons in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other persons.

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