Article 5 Cases in which an indemnity may be provided

Subject to article 6 below, an indemnity may be provided in relation to any action of, or failure to act by, the member or officer in question, which—

(a)

is authorised by the authority; or

(b)

forms part of, or arises from, any powers conferred, or duties placed, upon that member or officer, as a consequence of any function being exercised by that member or officer (whether or not when exercising that function he does so in his capacity as a member or officer of the authority)—

(i)

at the request of, or with the approval of the authority, or

(ii)

for the purposes of the authority.