SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1The Small Business Commissioner

Exemption from liability for damages

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1

The following are exempt from liability in damages for anything done or omitted in the exercise or purported exercise of their functions—

a

the Commissioner,

b

a Deputy Commissioner,

c

a member of staff acting as the Commissioner under paragraph 8(2)(c), and

d

any other staff working for the Commissioner.

2

But sub-paragraph (1) does not apply—

a

if the act or omission is shown to have been in bad faith, or

b

so as to prevent an award of damages made in respect of an act or omission on the ground that the act or omission was unlawful as a result of section 6(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 (acts of public authorities).