Protection from personal liability
55. No liability shall lie personally against—
- (a) the Director;
- (b) any authorised officer;
- (c) any individual appointed under section 7(5) to assist the Director in the administration of this Act;
- (d) any member of any quality assurance committee appointed by a section 25 licensee or any person acting under the direction of such a member; or
- (e) any member of an Appeal Advisory Board appointed by the Minister under section 49,
who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything in the execution or purported execution of this Act.
Amendment of Schedules
56.—(1) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, amend the First or Second Schedule.
(2) In making an order under subsection (1), the Minister may include provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the order as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.
(3) In particular, the Minister may, in making an order under subsection (1) in relation to the Second Schedule, provide for different appointed days for different licensable healthcare services provided in private hospitals, medical clinics, clinical laboratories or healthcare establishments within the meaning given by section 2 of the repealed Act.
(4) For the purposes of this Act, “appointed day”, for a licensable healthcare service provided in a private hospital, medical clinic, clinical laboratory or healthcare establishment within the meaning given by section 2 of the repealed Act, means a date that licensable healthcare service is specified in the First Schedule.
