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).