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Mental Capacity Act 2008 s 10D

s 10D Electronic transaction system malfunction, errors and omissions

10D.—(1) Despite any other written law or rule of law, the Public Guardian may —(a) correct any error or omission in any register kept by the Public Guardian under this Act; (b) correct any error or omission in any document filed or lodged with, or submitted to, the Public Guardian; and (c) supply entries or records omitted to be made in any register mentioned in paragraph (a), if the error or omission has occurred or arisen as a result of any malfunction of the electronic transaction system. (2) The Public Guardian must maintain a record of every correction made under subsection (1). (3) When any error or omission has been corrected under subsection (1), the error or omission is deemed not to have occurred. (4) The Public Guardian, an Assistant Public Guardian, an authorised officer or any person acting under the direction of the Public Guardian or an Assistant Public Guardian is not liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person by reason of any error or omission, if — (a) the error or omission had occurred or arisen as a result of any malfunction of the electronic transaction system; and (b) the malfunction of the electronic transaction system had occurred despite the Public Guardian having acted in good faith and with reasonable care to prevent such a malfunction from occurring.[Act 16 of 2021 wef 14/11/2022]

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