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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Preliminary provisions

10: Act binds the Crown

You could also call this:

"The government must follow this law too"

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This Act applies to the government, which is also known as the Crown. You need to know that the Crown includes all government departments and agencies. The Act's rules apply to the Crown in the same way they apply to everyone else.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

10Act binds the Crown

  1. This Act binds the Crown.