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Retail Payment System Act 2022

Preliminary provisions

9: Act binds the Crown

You could also call this:

"The law applies to the government too"

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This Act applies to the Crown. You know the Crown means the government. The Crown cannot be fined for breaking some rules in this Act, like those in subpart 3 of Part 3. If the government breaks a rule, someone can ask a court to say so.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

9Act binds the Crown

  1. This Act binds the Crown.

  2. However, the Crown is not liable to pay a pecuniary penalty under subpart 3 of Part 3.

  3. Where it is alleged that the Crown has contravened any provision of this Act, the Commission or the person directly affected by the contravention may apply to the court for a declaration that the Crown has contravened that provision and, if the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the Crown has contravened that provision, it may make a declaration accordingly.

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