Learning and Skills Act 2000, Section 145 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Subsection (2) applies where a member of a body listed in subsection (3) is found liable in civil legal proceedings in respect of something which he did or omitted to do in the course of carrying out his duties as a member of the body.
(2)If—
(a)the member of the body applies to a court for an order under this subsection, and
(b)the court considers that the action or omission which gives rise to the member’s liability was honest and reasonable,
the court may make an order extinguishing, reducing or varying the liability.
(3)The bodies referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a)a further education corporation established by virtue of section 15, 16 or 47 of the M1Further and Higher Education Act 1992,
[F1(aa)a sixth form college corporation as defined in section 90 of that Act,] and
(b)a body corporate established by virtue of section 143(4) or (5) of this Act.
(4)Where a member of a body listed in subsection (3) applies to a court for an order under this subsection, the court may make any order which—
(a)relates to liability in civil legal proceedings which may come to be incurred by the member in respect of a specified course of action, and
(b)is of a kind which the court could have made if the liability had already been incurred.
(5)In subsections (2)(a) and (4) “a court” means the High Court or [F2the county court]; but this subsection is subject to any order under section 1 of the M2Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (allocation of business between High Court and county courts).
Textual Amendments
F1S. 145(3)(aa) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1080), art. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 101 (with art. 2(3))
F2Words in s. 145(5) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
Commencement Information
I1S. 145 wholly in force at 1.1.2001; s. 145 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154; s. 145 in force (E.) at 1.10.2000 by S.I. 2000/2559, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I; s. 145 in force (W.) at 1.1.2001 by S.I. 2000/3230, art. 2, Sch
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