TASIn ForceAct
Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
56Protection from liability
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 56
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013.
### 56 Protection from liability
> > (1) In this section –
> >
> > > ***official*** means –
> > >
> > > > > (a) the Registrar; or
> > > >
> > > > > (b) an independent advisor; or
> > > >
> > > > > (c) a person authorised by the Registrar under this Act to do or not do a thing; or
> > > >
> > > > > (d) another person engaged in the administration of this Act.
>
> > (2) An official does not incur any personal liability in respect of any act done or omitted in good faith –
> >
> > > > (a) in the performance or exercise, or the purported performance or exercise, of any function or power under this Act; or
> > >
> > > > (b) in the administration or execution, or purported administration or execution, of this Act.
>
> > (3) A civil liability that would, but for this section, attach to an official or other person attaches to the Crown.