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Professional Standards Act 2005

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53 Council is not Crown

Nothing in this Act has the effect of –

(a) making the Council the servant or agent of the Crown for the purposes of this or any other Act; or

(b) conferring on the Council any status, privilege or immunity of the Crown.

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