{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-hygiene-and-enforcement-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-hygiene-and-enforcement-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-33.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/608",
  "legislation_title": "The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-hygiene-and-enforcement-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/33",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Protection of authorised officers acting in good faith",
  "text": "(1) An authorised officer is not personally liable in respect of any act done–\n(a) in the execution or purported execution of these Regulations; and\n(b) within the scope of that officer's duties,\nif that act was done in the honest belief that these Regulations required or entitled it to be done.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed as relieving any enforcement authority of any liability in respect of the acts of its officers.\n(3) Where an action has been brought against an authorised officer in respect of an act done by that officer–\n(a) in the execution or purported execution of these Regulations; but\n(b) outside the scope of that officer's duties,\nthe authority may indemnify the officer against the whole or a part of any damages which are ordered to be paid or any expenses which the officer may have incurred if it is satisfied that the officer honestly believed that the act complained of was within the scope of the officer's duties.\n(4) An agricultural analyst is to be treated for the purposes of this regulation as being an authorised officer, whether or not that analyst's appointment is a whole–time one.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/608/regulation/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:42.031496+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."
}