Commentary on Sections Section 32: Crown application
169.This section provides that, subject to certain qualifications, the Act will bind the Crown ((subsection (1)).
170.Subsection (2) provides that the Crown itself will not be criminally liable for any contravention by the Crown of any provision of the Act.
171.Subsection (3) provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2), the Act applies to Crown servants as it applies to other people.
172.Under subsection (4) an interested party may apply to the High Court, or in Scotland the Court of Session, for the Court to declare unlawful any act or omission committed by the Crown which is deemed to be a contravention of the Act.
173.Subsection (5) provides that the Act does not bind the Queen in her private capacity.