The Common Agricultural Policy (Wine) Regulations 1990

Authorised officer acting in good faith

10.—(1) An authorised officer shall not be personally liable in respect of any act done by him in the execution or purported execution of these Regulations and 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 an enforcement authority from any liability in respect of acts of its authorised officers.

(3) Where an action has been brought against an authorised officer in respect of an act done by him in the execution or purported execution of these Regulations and the circumstances are such that he is not legally entitled to require the enforcement authority to indemnify him, the authority may, nevertheless, indemnify him against the whole or part of any damages and costs or in Scotland of any damages and expenses which he may have been ordered to pay or which he may have incurred, if they are satisfied that he honestly believed the act complained of was within the scope of his employment and that his duty under the Regulations required or entitled him to do it.