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MHHS Minimum Housing and Health Standards

MHHS · Safety Codes Act

Part 1 — Responsibilities

12 Liability exemption

Current to 2025-12-01 · Official PDF

(1) No action lies against the Crown, the Council, members of
the Council, employees or officers of the Council, safety codes
officers, accredited municipalities or their employees or officers,
accredited regional services commissions or their employees or
officers, accredited agencies or their employees or officers or
Administrators for anything done or not done by any of them in
good faith while exercising their powers and performing their
duties under this Act.
RSA 2000

(2) The Crown, the Council, an accredited municipality, an
accredited regional services commission and an accredited agency
acting in good faith under this Act are not liable for any damage
caused by a decision related to the system of inspections,
examinations, evaluations and investigations, including but not
limited to a decision relating to their frequency and the manner in
which they are carried out.
(3) The Crown, the Council, an accredited municipality and an
accredited regional services commission that engage the services of
an accredited agency are not liable for any negligence or nuisance
of the accredited agency that causes an injury, loss or damage to
any person or property.
(4) Subject to this section, nothing done pursuant to this Act
affects the liability of any person for injury, loss or damage caused
by any thing, process or activity to which this Act applies.
RSA 2000 cS-1 s12;2015 c10 s5