Regulation 39 Protection of officers acting in good faith

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 39(1)(2) words inserted by Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 13
reg. 39(1)(2) words substituted by Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 13
reg. 39 certain functions transferred by National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) 2000 art. 2 Sch. 1
reg. 28-39 excluded by Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) 2003 reg. 67(2)(b)
reg. 19-39 disapplied by Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) 2002 Sch. 7
reg. 19-39 excluded by Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) 2002 reg. 63(2) Sch. 7
reg. 19-39 disapplied by Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) 2002 reg. 63(2) Sch. 7

(1)

An officer of the Minister, the Secretary of State or a local authority is not personally liable in respect of any act done by him in the execution or purported execution of these Regulations within the scope of his employment, if he did that act in the honest belief that his duty under these Regulations required or entitled him to do it.

(2)

Nothing in paragraph (1) above shall be construed as relieving the Minister, the Secretary of State or any local authority from any liability in respect of acts of their officers.