Protection from Scams Act 2025 · s 9

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—(1) No criminal or civil liability is to be incurred by —(a)a bank; or(b)an officer, employee or agent of a bank,for anything done or omitted to be done with reasonable care and in good faith in complying with any restriction order or in the execution or purported execution of any duty under this Act. (2) In subsection (1), “officer”, in relation to a bank, means any director, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the bank, and includes —(a)any person purporting to act in any such capacity; and(b)for a bank whose affairs are managed by its members — any of those members as if the member were a director of the bank.
No criminal or civil liability is to be incurred by —(a)a bank; or(b)an officer, employee or agent of a bank,for anything done or omitted to be done with reasonable care and in good faith in complying with any restriction order or in the execution or purported execution of any duty under this Act.
In subsection (1), “officer”, in relation to a bank, means any director, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the bank, and includes —(a)any person purporting to act in any such capacity; and(b)for a bank whose affairs are managed by its members — any of those members as if the member were a director of the bank.

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s 9Immunity for complying with restriction orders

(1)

No criminal or civil liability is to be incurred by —

(a)

a bank; or

(b)

an officer, employee or agent of a bank,for anything done or omitted to be done with reasonable care and in good faith in complying with any restriction order or in the execution or purported execution of any duty under this Act.

(2)

In subsection (1), “officer”, in relation to a bank, means any director, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the bank, and includes —

(a)

any person purporting to act in any such capacity; and

(b)

for a bank whose affairs are managed by its members — any of those members as if the member were a director of the bank.