Crown Application
170.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, this Act applies to the Crown in the same way as it applies to everyone else. However, except where expressly provided, where the Act amends an existing enactment, it makes no change to the application of the enactment to the Crown.
171.Section 32, dealing with the identification of animals, adjusts the Animal Health Act 1981 to provide that any regulations relating to the identification of animals will apply to the Crown.