Marine-related Incidents (MARPOL Implementation) Act 2020
62Immunity of inspectors and others
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62 Immunity of inspectors and others
(1) No liability attaches to an inspector, or a person acting with the authority, or on the direction of, an inspector, acting in good faith and –
(a) in the exercise or purported exercise of a power under this Act; or
(b) in the discharge or purported discharge of a function under this Act; or
(c) in undertaking any preventative or clean-up action within the meaning of section 52 .
(2) Subsection (1) does not preclude the Crown from incurring liability that an inspector or other person would, but for that subsection, incur.
(3) No liability attaches to any other person acting in good faith under this Act and –
(a) in the exercise, or purported exercise, of a power under this Act; or
(b) in the discharge, or purported discharge, of a function under this Act; or
(c) in undertaking any preventative or clean-up action within the meaning of section 52 .