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EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 76

76.(1) An officer of a board shall not be personally liable in respect of any
act done by him in the execution of any statutory provision relating to a
function of the board and within the scope of his employment if he acted
reasonably and in the honest belief that his duty under the statutory
provision required or [empowered] him to do it but nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed as relieving a board of any liability in respect of acts of
its officers.

(2) Where an action is brought against an officer of a board in respect of an
act done by him in the execution or purported execution of any such statutory
duty as aforesaid and the circumstances are such that he is not legally
entitled to require the board to indemnify him, the board may nevertheless
indemnify him against the whole or a part of any damages or costs which he may
have been ordered to pay or may have incurred, if the board is satisfied that
he honestly believed that the act complained of was within the scope of his
employment and that his duty under the statutory provision required or
empowered him to do it.

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