31Exemptions from liability for damages

31 Exemptions from liability for damages

(1)  No action, suit or other proceeding for damages lies against the State or a person who is or has been a co-ordinator of this jurisdiction for any loss or injury directly or indirectly suffered as a result of –

(a) the handling of an approved active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product; or

(b) the handling of a registered chemical product; or

(c) the handling of an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product, or of a chemical product, in respect of which a permit or exemption has been issued or given by the NRA; or

(d) an inability to use, or to use in a particular manner, an active constituent for a proposed or existing chemical product –

(i) because an approval, permit or exemption permitting its use, or permitting its use in that manner, has been refused by the NRA or such an approval, permit or exemption that was previously granted by the NRA has been suspended or cancelled; or

(ii) because its use, or its use in that manner, is precluded by the conditions of an approval, permit or exemption; or

(e) an inability to use, or to use in a particular manner, a chemical product –

(i) because a registration, permit or exemption permitting its use, or permitting its use in that manner, has been refused by the NRA or such a registration, permit or exemption that was previously granted by the NRA has been suspended or cancelled; or

(ii) because its use, or its use in that manner, is precluded by the conditions of a registration, permit or exemption; or

(f) the carrying out of a step in the manufacture of a chemical product in respect of which a licence has been issued by the NRA; or

(g) an inability to carry out, or to carry out in a particular manner or at particular premises, a step in the manufacture of a chemical product –

(i) because a licence to carry out that step, or to carry out that step in that manner or at those premises, has been refused by the NRA or such a licence that was previously granted by the NRA has been suspended or cancelled; or