Application to the CrownN.I.
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25 In the Wildlife Order after Article 27 insert—
“Application to the Crown
27A—(1) Subject as follows, Parts 2 and 3 and regulations and orders made under those Parts bind the Crown to the full extent authorised or permitted by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.
(2) No contravention by the Crown of any provision of this Order makes the Crown criminally liable; but the High Court may, on the application of any person appearing to the Court to have an interest, declare unlawful an act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.
(3) Despite paragraph (2), this Order applies to persons in the public service of the Crown as it applies to other persons.”.