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STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 4

Application of this Act to the Crown, etc.

4.(1) Save as in this Act otherwise expressly provided and without prejudice
to the provisions of sub-section (1) of section one, this Act applies to
actions by or against the Crown in like manner as it applies to actions
between subjects.

(2) References in this Act to actions by or against the Crown include
references to actions by or (as the case may be) against

(a)Her Majesty in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster or of the
Duchy of Cornwall or the Duke of Cornwall for the time being;

(b)the Crown in right of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or in
right of Her Majesty's Government in Northern Ireland;

(c)any Minister, officer or other person acting on behalf of the Crown whether
in right of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or in right of Her
Majesty's Government in Northern Ireland; or

(d)any department of either such Government and any officer or other person
acting on behalf of any such department.

(3) Nothing in this Act shall affect the prerogative right of Her Majesty to
any gold or silver mine.

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