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(1)This Part binds the Crown, except as otherwise expressly provided.
(2)No contravention of any provision of this Part makes the Crown criminally liable; but the High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session may on the application of the Secretary of State declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.
(3)Subsection (2) does not affect the criminal liability of persons in the service of the Crown (but see section 9(1)).
(4)For the purposes of this Part, references to the Crown are to be regarded as including—
(a)the Natural Environment Research Council (including the British Antarctic Survey), and
(b)any other person specified by order made by the Secretary of State.
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