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Public Works Act 1981

General provisions

225: Licences and authorities may be held by the Crown

You could also call this:

“The government can have special permissions just like regular people”

You should know that the Crown (which means the government) can get and keep special permissions, just like ordinary people can. These permissions are called licences, permits, rights, privileges, or authorities. The Crown can get these from itself, from courts, or from other government organisations. The Crown can have these permissions in the same way as regular citizens, following the same rules. This has always been allowed, even before this law was written.

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Part 21 General provisions

225Licences and authorities may be held by the Crown

  1. It shall be lawful and shall be deemed to have always been lawful for the Crown to be granted or to acquire in any way and to hold, on the same terms and conditions as any of the Crown's subjects, any licence, permit, right, privilege, or authority which can be granted by the Crown or by any court or any public or local authority under any Act and which can be acquired or held by any of the Crown's subjects.

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  • 1948 No 39 s 34