5.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, this Act applies to the Crown in the same way as it applies to everyone else. However, the Act simply amends the 2018 Act by repealing a definition. The 2018 Act applies to the Crown in the same way as it applies to everyone else by virtue of ILRA. The Act makes no change to the application of that enactment to the Crown.
Crown Application