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 that person in the performance or purported performance of the regulatory functions within the scope of that person’s employment, if the person did that act in the honest and reasonable belief that that person’s duty under these Regulations required or entitled the person to do so.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not relieve the Scottish Ministers, a local authority or the Agency from any liability in respect of acts of their or its officers.