{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-wine-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-wine-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2002/325",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy (Wine) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-wine-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Authorised officer acting in good faith",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, an authorised officer or a person accompanying an authorised officer shall not be liable in any civil or criminal proceedings for anything done in the purported exercise of the functions conferred by these Regulations if the court is satisfied that–\n(a) the act was done in good faith;\n(b) there were reasonable grounds for doing it; and\n(c) it was done with reasonable skill and care.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) above shall be construed as relieving an enforcement authority from any liability in respect of the acts of its authorised officers.\n(3) Where a claim has been made against an authorised officer in respect of an act done by the officer in the purported exercise of the functions conferred by these Regulations and the circumstances are such that the officer is not legally entitled to require indemnification from the enforcement authority, the authority may, nevertheless, indemnify the officer against the whole or part of the claim and any expenses, if the authority is satisfied that–\n(a) the act was done in good faith;\n(b) there were reasonable grounds for doing it; and\n(c) it was done with reasonable skill and care.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/325/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:40:28.590488+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}