10.—(1) No authorised officer, official veterinary surgeon, official fish inspector, or assistant appointed pursuant to regulation 6 shall be personally liable in respect of any act done in the performance or purported performance of the regulatory functions within the scope of his or her employment, if that act was done in the honest belief that his or her duty under these Regulations required or entitled him or her to do so.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not relieve the National Assembly, a local authority or the Agency from any liability in respect of acts of its or their officers.