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