64 Application to Crown etc.U.K.
(1)This Act applies—
(a)to an act done by or for purposes of a Minister of the Crown or government department, or
(b)to an act done on behalf of the Crown by a statutory body, or a person holding a statutory office,
as it applies to an act done by a private person.
(2). . . Part II applies to service—
(a)for purposes of a Minister of the Crown or government department, other than service of a person holding a statutory office, or
(b)on behalf of the Crown for purposes of a person holding a statutory office or purposes of a statutory body,
as it applies to employment by a private person.
[(2A)Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to section 64A and section 64B.]
[(2A)Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to section 64A.]
(3)The provisions of Parts II to IV of the 1947 Act apply to proceedings against the Crown under this Act as they apply to Crown proceedings in England and Wales; but section 20 of that Act (removal of proceedings from county court to High Court) does not apply.
(4)The provisions of Part V of the 1947 Act apply to proceedings against the Crown under this Act as they apply to proceedings in Scotland which by virtue of that Part are treated as civil proceedings by or against the Crown; but the proviso to section 44 of that Act (removal of proceedings from the sheriff court to the Court of Session) does not apply.
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(7). . . Part II does not apply to service in any of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown.
(8)In this section—
“the 1947 Act” means the Crown Proceedings Act 1947;
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“Crown proceedings” means proceedings which, by virtue of section 23 of the 1947 Act, are treated for the purposes of Part II of that Act as civil proceedings by or against the Crown;
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“service for purposes of a Minister of the Crown or government department” does not include service in any office for the time being mentioned in Schedule 2 (Ministerial offices) to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975;
“statutory body” means a body set up by or under an enactment;
“statutory office” means an office so set up; . . .
[“United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary” means the special constables appointed under section 3 of the Special Constables Act 1923 on the nomination of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.]
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