Except where any enactment otherwise provides, all exchequer causes brought—
(a)on behalf of the Crown, shall be at the instance of [F1the appropriate Law Officer within the meaning of section 4A of the Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 1857];
(b)by any person alleging any ground of action against the Crown, shall be directed against [F1the appropriate Law Officer within the meaning of section 4A of the Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 1857].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 22(a)(b) substituted (20.5.1999) by 1999/1042, arts. 1(2)(b), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 8