General Section 41: Crown application
This section provides for the Act to apply to the Crown, including Her Majesty the Queen, the Royal Family, Royal properties and Royal collections. As such the Crown is bound to the prohibition on dealing in ivory unless an exemption certificate or registration has been issued. The Crown would not be subject to any relevant offence, as defined in section 14(4), and would, therefore not be subject to sanctions associated with any offence under the Act. Persons in the service of the Crown, however, could be subject to relevant offences and sanctions under the Act.