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Electricity Reform Act 2000
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5 Crown to be bound
(1) This Act binds the Crown.
(2) Nothing in this Act renders the Crown in any of its capacities liable
to be prosecuted for an offence.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to an authority of the Territory
granted a licence under this Act.
(4) For the purposes of this section, a reference to the Crown extends:
(a) not only to the Crown in right of this Territory but also (so far
as the legislative power of the Territory permits) to the Crown
in any other capacity; and
(b) to an instrumentality of the Crown, and to an officer or
employee of the Crown and any contractor or other person
who carries out functions on behalf of the Crown.