4.Section 20 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“ILRA”) 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. Section 1 of the Act amends the 1980 Act, which predated ILRA and did not bind the Crown when enacted – and so the amendments of it made by the Act will also not bind the Crown. Section 3 of the Act amends the 2024 Act, which binds the Crown, and the Act does not change that.
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