48.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4) and regulation 49, these Regulations have effect in relation to Crown employment and persons in Crown employment as they have effect in relation to other employment and other workers.
(2) In paragraph (1) “Crown employment” means employment under or for the purposes of a government department or any officer or body exercising on behalf of the Crown functions conferred by a statutory provision.
(3) For the purposes of the application of the provisions of these Regulations in relation to Crown employment in accordance with paragraph (1)—
(a)references to a worker shall be construed as references to a person in Crown employment; and
(b)references to a worker's contract shall be construed as references to the terms of employment of a person in Crown employment.
(4) No act or omission by the Crown which is an offence under regulation 37 shall make the Crown criminally liable, but the High Court may, on the application of a person appearing to the Court to have an interest, declare any such act or omission unlawful.