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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Preliminary provisions - Definitions, application, and transitional provision

10: Act binds the Crown

You could also call this:

"The government must follow this law too, with some exceptions."

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This Act applies to the Crown, which means the government, except in cases listed in the Schedule 2 section. You can think of the Crown as the government, and this Act is a set of rules that the government must follow. The Act has some exceptions, and you can find those exceptions in the Schedule 2 section.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Definitions, application, and transitional provision

10Act binds the Crown

  1. This Act binds the Crown except as provided in Schedule 2.

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