(1) This section applies to the following persons:

(a) the competent authority;

(b) the members of the competent authority (including the chairperson);

(c) adjudication officers under this Act;

(d) employees of the competent authority;

(e) agents of the competent authority.

(2) A person to whom this section applies is not liable for damages and no proceedings may be maintained against them in which it is claimed that the person is liable in damages (whether such liability is enforceable by action or not), for anything done or omitted to be done in the performance or purported performance or exercise or purported exercise of any of their functions or powers under Parts 2C to 2G, unless it is proved that the act or omission was in bad faith.