Communicable Diseases Agency Act 2025 · Updated to 1 Apr 2025 · Part 5 · Personnel Matters
36. Protection from personal liability
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
No liability shall lie against any member of the Agency, any committee member, the Chief Executive or any officer or delegate of the Agency, or any other person acting under the direction of the Agency, for anything which is done or purported to be done, or omitted to be done, in good faith and with reasonable care in —
liability
“liability”, in relation to the transferor, means any liability, duty or obligation (whether actual or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether owed alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person) of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date;
the performance or purported performance of any function under this Act; or
the exercise or purported exercise of any power under this Act.
Terms defined in this Act
Agency
Defined · s 2“Agency” means the Communicable Diseases Agency established by section 3;
Chief Executive
Defined · s 2“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 33, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;
committee member
Defined · s 2“committee member” means an individual appointed to be a member of a committee;
delegate
Defined · s 2“delegate” means a person to whom the Agency under section 31 delegates the performance or exercise of any of its functions or powers;
liability
Defined · s 49“liability”, in relation to the transferor, means any liability, duty or obligation (whether actual or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether owed alone or jointly, or jointly and severally, with any other person) of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date;
member
Defined · s 2“member”, in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency appointed under section 11, and includes any individual appointed under section 15 to act in that capacity;
officer
Defined · s 2“officer”, in relation to the Agency, means an employee of the Agency and includes an individual under a secondment arrangement which makes available the service of the individual to the Agency;
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