(1) This section applies to -

(a) an act consisting of the publication under section 8 of a document specified in that section,

(b) an act consisting of the furnishing to a person under section 10 of a statement specified in that section, or

(c) an act consisting of the grant or the grant in part under section 13 or by virtue of section 21 or 22 of an FOI request,

being an act that was required or authorised by, and complied with the provisions of, this Act or was reasonably believed by the head concerned to have been so required or authorised and to comply with this Act.

(2) Subject to this section, civil or criminal proceedings shall not lie in any court -

(a) against -

(i) the State,

(ii) an FOI body,

(iii) a head,

(iv) a director or a member of the staff of an FOI body, or

(v) a service provider,