15.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, the freestanding provisions in the 2025 Act (that is, any provision which does not amend the text of another piece of legislation) apply to the Crown in the same way as they apply to everyone else. However, where a provision of the 2025 Act amends the text of another piece of legislation, the 2025 Act does not change how the provision of the other piece of legislation (as textually amended by the 2025 Act) applies to the Crown.
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