32.1. If the President and Chief Executive Officer, a staff member or an appointed agent of the Authority is prosecuted by a third party for an act done in the exercise of the functions of office, the Authority shall assume the person’s defence and shall pay any damages awarded as compensation for the injury resulting from that act, unless the person committed a gross fault or a personal fault separable from those functions.
In penal or criminal proceedings, however, the Authority shall pay the defence costs of the President and Chief Executive Officer, a staff member or an appointed agent only if the person had reasonable grounds to believe that his or her conduct was in conformity with the law, or was discharged or acquitted.
2004, c. 37, s. 44; I.N. 2015-06-01.