F3C6 PART IIHEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE IN CONNECTION WITH WORK, AND CONTROL OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES
Pt. II restricted (15.11.2010) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 47 (with arts. 44, 46, 47(2), 49, 62); S.R. 2010/328, art. 2
Enforcement
Power of enforcing authorities to indemnify their inspectorsF1F2C1C2C3C4C5C7C8C10C928
Where—
a
an action has been brought against an inspector in respect of an act done in the execution or purported execution of any of the relevant statutory provisions; and
b
the circumstances are such that he is not legally entitled to require the enforcing authority which appointed him to indemnify him,
that authority may, nevertheless, indemnify him against the whole or part of any damages and costs which he may have been ordered to pay or may have incurred, if the authority is satisfied that he honestly believed that the act complained of was within his powers and that his duty as an inspector required or entitled him to do it.
mod. by SR 2001/295