[F16(1)Anything done or omitted to be done by an appointed person in, or in connection with, the exercise or purported exercise of any function to which the appointment relates shall be treated for all purposes as done or omitted to be done by the appropriate Minister.E+W
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply—
(a)for the purposes of so much of any contract made between the appropriate Minister and the appointed person as relates to the exercise of the function, or
(b)for the purposes of any criminal proceedings brought in respect of anything done or omitted to be done as mentioned in that sub-paragraph.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 12ZA inserted (12.2.2003 and 21.5.2007 for E. for certain purposes, 31.5.2005 for W. and otherwise prosp.) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 57, 103(3), Sch. 6 Pt. I. para. 24; S.I. 2003/272, art. 2(a)(q); S.I. 2005/1314, art. 2(b)(vii); S.I. 2007/1493, art. 2