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Fast-track Approvals Bill

Preliminary provisions

8: Act binds the Crown

You could also call this:

“This law applies to everyone, even the government”

This law applies to everyone, including the government. When a law “binds the Crown”, it means that the government and its agencies must follow the rules just like everyone else. The Crown is another way of saying the government. So, this part of the law is saying that no one is above this law, not even the people in charge of the country.

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Part 1 Preliminary provisions

8Act binds the Crown

  1. This Act binds the Crown.