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BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 127A

Immunity for members of public authorities and staff

    (1)     A member of a public authority or any person appointed or engaged by a public authority is not liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith—

        (a)     in carrying out a function under this Act or the regulations; or

        (b)     in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the carrying out of a function under this Act or the regulations.

    (2)     Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would, but for subsection (1), attach to a member of a public authority or a person appointed or engaged by a public authority attaches instead to the public authority.

    (3)     In this section "public authority" does not include a council.

S. 128 amended by No. 26/2019 s. 119.



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