(1)
Neither an authority nor a member, employee, agent, or committee of an authority nor a member of such a committee is under any criminal or civil liability in respect of—
any act done or omitted in the course of the performance or exercise or intended performance or exercise of any of its functions, duties, or powers under this Act; or
any words spoken or written at, or for the purposes of, a meeting, conference, hearing, inquiry or proceeding under this Act; or
anything contained in any notice given under this Act.
(2)
No person is under any civil liability in respect of anything done or omitted, or for any words spoken or written, in the course of making an assessment or a report under section 23.
(3)
No person is under any civil liability in respect of anything done or omitted, or for any words spoken or written, in the course of conducting or assisting in conducting any competence review, competence programme, or recertification programme.
(4)
This section does not exclude the liability of any person for anything done or omitted in bad faith or without reasonable care.
Compare: 1995 No 95 s 135