Exemption from liability for damages
18(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 Adjudicator;
(b)the Deputy Adjudicator;
(c)acting Deputy Adjudicators;
(d)staff working for the Adjudicator.
(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.