(1)This Act binds the Crown.
(2)No contravention by the Crown of a provision of this Act makes the Crown criminally liable.
(3)Subsection (2) does not affect the criminal liability of persons in the service of the Crown.
(4)The High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session may, on the application of a person appearing to the Court to have an interest, declare unlawful an act or omission of the Crown which constitutes a contravention of a provision of this Act.
(5)Nothing in this section affects Her Majesty in her private capacity.
(6)Subsection (5) is to be read as if section 38(3) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (references to Her Majesty in her private capacity) were contained in this Act.