Subject to the provisions of this regulation, these Regulations bind the Crown.

No contravention by the Crown of any provision of these Regulations makes the Crown criminally liable; but the High Court may, on the application of the Department, declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.

Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (2), the provisions of these Regulations apply to persons in the public service of the Crown as they apply to other persons.

In this regulation any reference to the Crown includes a reference to the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland.