Part V Miscellaneous and general
Juridical
99 Rights and liabilities of the Crown in different capacities.
1
Rights and liabilities may arise between the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Crown in right of the Scottish Administration by virtue of a contract, by operation of law or by virtue of an enactment as they may arise between subjects.
2
Property and liabilities may be transferred between the Crown in one of those capacities and the Crown in the other capacity as they may be transferred between subjects; and they may together create, vary or extinguish any property or liability as subjects may.
3
Proceedings in respect of—
a
any property or liabilities to which the Crown in one of those capacities is entitled or subject under subsection (1) or (2), or
b
the exercise of, or failure to exercise, any function exercisable by an office-holder of the Crown in one of those capacities,
may be instituted by the Crown in either capacity; and the Crown in the other capacity may be a separate party in the proceedings.
4
This section applies to a unilateral obligation as it applies to a contract.
5
In this section—
“office-holder”, in relation to the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, means any Minister of the Crown or other office-holder under the Crown in that capacity and, in relation to the Crown in right of the Scottish Administration, means any office-holder in the Scottish Administration,
“subject” means a person not acting on behalf of the Crown.