Medical Practitioners Act 2007

10

Immunity.

10.— (1) No person to whom this subsection applies, acting in good faith, shall be personally liable in any civil proceedings for any act done or default made in the performance or purported performance of any function under this Act.

(2) The persons to whom subsection (1) applies are—

(a) the members and former members of the Council,

(b) the members and former members of any committee,

(c) the chief executive officer and any former chief executive officer,

(d) the staff and former staff of the Council, and

(e) the persons appointed or formerly appointed under section 58(1) to assist the Preliminary Proceedings Committee.

Annotations:

Amendments:

F21

Substituted by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), s. 6(a), not commenced as of date of revision.

F22

Inserted by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), s. 6(b), not commenced as of date of revision.

Modifications (not altering text):

C6

Prospective affecting provision: subs. (2)(d), (e) substituted and paras. (f)-(h) inserted by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), s. 6, not commenced as of date of revision.

F21[(d) the staff and former staff of the Council,

(e) the persons who, before the commencement of section 6 of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023, had been previously appointed under section 58(1),]

F22[(f) the persons with whom the Council has made an arrangement under section 7(5),

(g) the authorised officers and former authorised officers, and

(h) the persons appointed or formerly appointed under section 58(1)(b).]