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Customer and Product Data Bill

Preliminary provisions - Act binds the Crown

13: Act binds the Crown

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“The government must follow this law too”

This part of the proposed law says that if it becomes a real law, it will apply to the government too. When a law “binds the Crown,” it means that the government and its departments have to follow the rules just like everyone else. So, if this bill becomes a law, the government will have to obey it, not just regular people or businesses.

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Part 1 Preliminary provisions
Act binds the Crown

13Act binds the Crown

  1. This Act binds the Crown.