Crown Application
5.Section 20 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 provides that the Crown will be bound by an Act of the Scottish Parliament or Scottish statutory instrument unless the provision expressly exempts it. As such, technically this Act applies to the Crown in the same way as it applies to everyone else. However, the substantive provisions of the Act will predominantly be inserted into the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993. The 1993 Act is an Act of the UK Parliament and did not bind the Crown when enacted, so the amendments of it made by the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 will also not bind the Crown.