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16.—(1) An authorised officer or person accompanying that officer by virtue of regulation 5(7)(a) is not to be liable in any civil or criminal proceedings for anything done or omitted to be done in, or in connection with, the exercise or the purported exercise of the powers in these Regulations.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply—
(a)if the act or omission is shown to have been in bad faith;
(b)if there were no reasonable grounds for the act or omission; or
(c)so as to prevent an award of damages in respect of the act or omission on the ground that it was unlawful as a result of section 6(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998(1) (acts of public authorities incompatible with Convention rights).
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