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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Administration, appeals, and miscellaneous provisions - Miscellaneous provisions, consequential amendments, and repeals

171: Exclusion of liability

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"Protection from blame when doing your job"

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You are protected if you work for the Board or do a job for them. You will not be in trouble for things you do as part of your job under this Act. This includes things you say or write, or notices you give, while doing your job. You will not be in trouble if you make a mistake, as long as you are trying to do the right thing. But if you do something on purpose to hurt someone, or if you are very careless, you might still get in trouble. This is because you have to act with reasonable care when you are doing your job under this Act. The Board and its workers are also protected when they are doing their jobs, as long as they are acting in good faith and with reasonable care, as stated in section 116 and other related laws.

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Part 4Administration, appeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous provisions, consequential amendments, and repeals

171Exclusion of liability

  1. Neither the Board, nor any committee appointed by the Board, nor an investigator, nor a person appointed under section 116, nor an assessor, nor any member, officer, agent, or employee of the Board or of any of those persons, is under any criminal or civil liability in respect of—

  2. any act done or omitted to be done in the course of the exercise or intended exercise of any of their functions, duties, or powers under this Act; or
    1. any words spoken or written at, or for the purposes of, the hearing of any inquiry or other proceedings under this Act; or
      1. anything contained in any notice given under this Act.

        1. Subsection (1) does not exclude the liability of any body or person for anything done or omitted in bad faith or without reasonable care.

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