Section sec.15 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984 - Indemnification of community police officer for liability for tort

sec.15Indemnification of community police officer for liability for tort

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### sec.15 Indemnification of community police officer for liability for tort If— a community police officer incurs legal liability for committing a tort while acting, or purporting to act, in the execution of duty as an officer; and the officer acted honestly and without gross negligence; the State may indemnify the officer for the liability. If— a community police officer incurs legal liability for helping, directly or indirectly, a person suffering, or apparently suffering, from illness or injury in circumstances that the officer reasonably considers to be an emergency; and the officer acted honestly and without gross negligence; the State must indemnify the officer for the liability. s 15 prev s 15 ins 1999 No. 53 s 6 om 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1 pres s 15 ins 1994 No. 15 s 3 sch 1 amd 2007 No. 59 s 16 (sec.15-ssec.1) If— a community police officer incurs legal liability for committing a tort while acting, or purporting to act, in the execution of duty as an officer; and the officer acted honestly and without gross negligence; the State may indemnify the officer for the liability. (sec.15-ssec.2) If— a community police officer incurs legal liability for helping, directly or indirectly, a person suffering, or apparently suffering, from illness or injury in circumstances that the officer reasonably considers to be an emergency; and the officer acted honestly and without gross negligence; the State must indemnify the officer for the liability. - (a) a community police officer incurs legal liability for committing a tort while acting, or purporting to act, in the execution of duty as an officer; and - (b) the officer acted honestly and without gross negligence; - (a) a community police officer incurs legal liability for helping, directly or indirectly, a person suffering, or apparently suffering, from illness or injury in circumstances that the officer reasonably considers to be an emergency; and - (b) the officer acted honestly and without gross negligence;