Can a Crown rely on or affirmatively seek to take advantage of benefit-conferring legislation to be bound by related burdens?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Royal Bank of Canada v. Samra, 2010 ABQB 699 (CanLII):
Sparling v. Quebec makes it clear that the Crown need not specifically rely on or affirmatively seek to take advantage of benefit-conferring legislation in order to be bound by related burdens.
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