art 7 Matters that exceed the powers of the relevant authority
(1) Notwithstanding any limitation on the powers of a relevant authority which grants an indemnity, a relevant authority may provide an indemnity to the extent that the member or officer in question— (a) believed that the action, or failure to act, in question was within the powers of the relevant authority, or (b) where that action or failure to act comprises the issuing or authorisation of any document containing any statement as to the powers of the relevant authority, or any statement that certain steps have been taken or requirements fulfilled, believed that the contents of that statement were true, and it was reasonable for that member or officer to hold that belief at the time when that member or officer acted or failed to act. (2) An indemnity may be provided in relation to an act or failure to act which is subsequently found to be beyond the powers of the member of officer in question but only to the extent that the member or officer reasonably believed that the act or failure to act in question was within that member or officer’s powers at the time at which that member or officer acted or failed to act.