(5) No criminal or civil liability shall be incurred by—
- (a) an electricity licensee, a gas licensee or the Public Utilities Board; or
- (b) any person acting on behalf of the electricity licensee, gas licensee or Public Utilities Board,
in respect of anything done or omitted to be done with reasonable care and in good faith in the discharge or purported discharge of the obligations of the electricity licensee, gas licensee or Public Utilities Board (as the case may be) under an order of the court mentioned in subsection (4)(a), (b) or (c).
(6) In this section—
- “electricity licensee” has the meaning given by the Electricity Act 2001;
- “gas licensee” has the meaning given by the Gas Act 2001.
Interim injunction before conviction
9.—(1) Where the Commissioner of Lands has reasonable cause to believe—
- (a) that a person is committing an offence under section 5 on any State land; and
- (b) that it is necessary or expedient for an interim injunction under this section to be made,
the Commissioner of Lands may apply to a court for an interim injunction, whether or not the Commissioner of Lands has exercised any of his or her other powers under Part 3.
(2) On an application under subsection (1), the court may make an interim injunction against a person who is alleged to be committing or have committed an offence under section 5 on any State land, if the court is satisfied, on a balance of probabilities—
- (a) that the person is committing or has committed an offence under section 5 on the State land;
