{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2005/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2005/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2469",
  "legislation_title": "The Detergents Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Protection of officers acting in good faith",
  "text": "(1) No authorised officer shall be personally liable in respect of any act done by him—\n(a) in the execution or purported execution of these Regulations; and\n(b) within the scope of his employment,\nif he did that act in the honest belief that his duty under these Regulations required or entitled him to do it.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed as relieving the Secretary of State (in the case of an authorised officer appointed by her) or the relevant enforcement authority (in the case of an authorised officer appointed by an enforcement authority designated in regulation 4) from any liability in respect of the acts of an authorised officer.\n(3) Where an action has been brought against an authorised officer in respect of an act done by him—\n(a) in the execution or purported execution of these Regulations; and\n(b) outside the scope of his employment,\nthe Secretary of State (in the case of an authorised officer appointed by her) or the relevant enforcement authority (in the case of an authorised officer appointed by an enforcement authority designated in regulation 4) may indemnify him against the whole or part of any damages which he has been ordered to pay or any costs which he may have incurred if the appointor is satisfied that the authorised officer honestly believed that the act complained of was within the scope of the authorised officer’s employment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 in force at 8.10.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2469",
      "affecting_title": "The Detergents Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2469/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:56.376500+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."
}