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(1)No contravention of any provision made by this Act makes the Crown criminally liable.
(2)But the Court of Session may, on the application of the Lord Advocate, declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.
(3)Despite subsection (1), any provision made by or under this Act applies to a person in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other persons.
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