Protection of officials acting in good faithS
10.—(1) No authorised officer, official veterinary surgeon, official fish inspector, or assistant appointed pursuant to regulation 6 shall be personally liable in respect of any act done in the performance or purported performance of the regulatory functions within the scope of that officer’s, veterinary surgeon’s, inspector’s or assistant’s employment if it was done in the honest belief that a duty under these Regulations required or entitled such an act.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not relieve the Scottish Ministers, a local authority or the Agency from any liability in respect of acts of their or its officers.