s 71 Protection from liability
71.—(1) No liability shall lie against the Government, the Board or any authorised officer by reason of the fact that any works are carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Act or that such works or plans of the works are subject to inspection, approval or certification by the Board or any authorised officer. (2) Nothing in this Act makes it obligatory for the Board or any authorised officer to inspect any building or works or the site of any proposed works to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act are complied with or whether any plans, certificates, reports, notices or other documents submitted to the Board are accurate. (3) No matter or thing done by any authorised officer shall, if it is done in good faith for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, subject him or her personally to any action, liability, claim or demand. (4) Where the Board or any authorised officer provides any information to any person in respect of any building or works by electronic or other means, neither the Board nor any authorised officer shall be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person by reason of any error or omission of any nature or in any way caused, including any defect or breakdown in the equipment used for providing the information, if such error or omission is made in good faith and in the ordinary course of duties of the Board or authorised officer. (5) The Government, a designated authority or any officer acting under the direction of a designated authority is not liable for any specified loss arising from any of the following done by the Government, designated authority or officer acting in good faith and with reasonable care:(a) operating or deploying any component of a coastal protection measure for a prescribed place owned by the Government or that is any part of the sea; (b) not operating or deploying (including not operating or deploying in time) any such component.[Act 8 of 2026 wef 29/05/2026] (6) The Board is not liable for any specified loss arising from any of the following done by any person (other than the Government, a designated authority or an officer mentioned in subsection (5)):(a) operating or deploying any component of a coastal protection measure for a prescribed place; (b) not operating or deploying (including not operating or deploying in time) such component, whether or not the operation or deployment was pursuant to section 30K. [Act 8 of 2026 wef 29/05/2026] (7) Where a component of a coastal protection measure is operated or deployed —(a) pursuant to an instruction by the Board or a notice by the Board of an impending high sea level event; or (b) for the purposes of a drill directed under section 30K(4)(a)(ii), subsection (6) does not apply unless the instruction, notice or direction was given in good faith and with reasonable care. [Act 8 of 2026 wef 29/05/2026] (8) Despite subsection (1) and without affecting section 47D, where an owner of a prescribed place has failed to carry out its obligation under this Act to —(a) put in place, expand or alter the coastal protection measure for the prescribed place; (b) effect a connection between the coastal protection measure for the prescribed place and another coastal protection measure for an adjacent prescribed place; or (c) maintain, repair, or operate or deploy any component of, the coastal protection measure for the prescribed place, the Board or any authorised officer is not liable for any specified loss arising from any of the following done by the Board or the officer acting in good faith and with reasonable care: (d) doing anything to enable the coastal protection measure for the prescribed place to function as protection against coastal flooding or otherwise prevent coastal flooding at or through the prescribed place; (e) not doing anything in paragraph (d) (including not doing any such thing in time).[Act 8 of 2026 wef 29/05/2026] (9) In this section —“designated authority” means a public body specified in the notification under section 30A(2); “specified loss” means any of the following:(a) any bodily injury or death; (b) any loss of, or damage to, any immovable or movable property; (c) any economic loss, including a loss of profits.[Act 8 of 2026 wef 29/05/2026]