4.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. This Act applies to the Crown in the same way as it applies to everyone else. The Act amends a number of existing enactments, some of which do, and some of which do not, apply to the Crown. The Act generally makes no change to the application of those enactments to the Crown. See, however, new section 106H of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016, being inserted by section 104 of this Act, which makes provision for the application to the Crown of the offence provision in new section 106F.
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