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Building Act 1993
127AImmunity for members of public authorities and staff
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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.