Section 30 subsection (1) provides that the Act binds the Crown but draws attention to Section 8 and Article 4 of the Agreement. Section 8 provides that nothing in Part 2 of the Act applies to military activities or to a warship, military aircraft or naval auxiliary. Article 4 of the Agreement provides that nothing in the Agreement applies to any warship, military aircraft or naval auxiliary, and except for Part II (marine genetic resources) the Agreement does not apply to any other vessel or aircraft owned or operated by a Party and used, for the time being, on government non-commercial service. Article 4 states that Parties will ensure that such vessels or aircraft owned or used by it will act in a manner consistent with the Agreement so far as is reasonable and practicable.
	Section 30 subsection (2) provides that the Crown is not criminally liable as a result of anything in the Act. Section 30 subsection (3) sets out that, notwithstanding subsection (2), the Act applies to persons in the service of the Crown as it applies to other persons, and therefore a Crown servant could be criminally liable.
Part 5 - General Section 30: Crown Application