The United Kingdom of New Zealand
links
Crown - To bind their kings in chains
LEGISLATION NOT BINDING ON THE CROWN
(1) No Act or part of an Act binds the Crown unless the Act (or other legislation) expressly provides that the Crown is bound by the Act or part.
(2) No secondary legislation, or part of secondary legislation, made under an Act or part of an Act binds the Crown unless—
(a) the Act (or another Act) expressly provides that the Crown is bound by the Act or part of the Act; or
(b) the Act or the secondary legislation (or any other legislation) expressly provides that the Crown is bound by the secondary legislation or part of the secondary legislation.
LIABILITY OF THE CROWN UNDER OTHER ACTS
(1) Except as expressly provided by this Act or any other Act, this Act shall not be construed so as to make any Act binding upon the Crown which would not otherwise be so binding, or so as to impose any liability on the Crown by virtue of any Act which is not binding on the Crown.
(2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 shall bind the Crown.
ACT BINDS THE CROWN
(1)This Act binds the Crown.
(2)However, to avoid doubt, a court may not issue a warrant, impose a fine, or make an order under section 16(4)(a) or (b) against the Crown, the Attorney-General, a government department as defined in section 2(1) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1950, or an officer of the Crown.
(3)Nothing in subsection (2) prevents any person seeking a declaratory order under the Declaratory Judgments Act 1908 that the Crown, Attorney-General, government department, or officer of the Crown is in breach of a judgment or order against the Crown.
PDF - To Bind Their Kings in Chains