[66B Application of Part 1 to Crown: Scotland]
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (1981 c 69) | Legislation

[66B  Application of Part 1 to Crown: Scotland]

[(1)     Subject to subsections (2) to (5), Part 1 (including regulations and orders made under it) bind the Crown.

(2)     No contravention by the Crown of any provision made by or under Part 1 makes the Crown criminally liable but the Court of Session may, on the application of any public body or office-holder having responsibility for enforcing that provision, declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.

(3)     Despite subsection (2), any provision made by or under Part 1 applies to persons in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other persons.

(4)     A species control order may be made under

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