9State indemnity

9 State indemnity (1) This section applies to— (a) the Auditor-General; and (b) a Deputy Auditor-General; and (c) a person acting in the office of Auditor-General or Deputy Auditor-General; and (d) an employee referred to in section 6. (2) The State must indemnify a person to whom this section applies against any liability that the person incurs for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith— (a) in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function or duty under this or any other Act; or (b) in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function or duty under this or any other Act. (3) The indemnity does not cover a liability of a person to the extent to which the person is entitled to be indemnified against the liability by a person other than the State, whether under a contract of insurance or otherwise. Pt 2A (Heading and ss 7B–7M) inserted by No. 93/1997 s. 9, amended by Nos 43/1998 s. 3(1)(2), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), repealed by No. 53/1999 s. 10. Pt 2B (Heading and ss 7N–7V) inserted by No. 93/1997 s. 10, repealed by No. 53/1999 s. 11(1). Pt 3 (Heading and ss 8–16) amended by Nos 43/1995 ss 12, 13, 93/1997 ss 11–18, 53/1999 ss 11(2)–18, 9/2000 s. 7(1)(c)(2), 36/2003 ss 12–18, 43/2004 s. 15, 80/2006 s. 16, 50/2011 s. 46(Sch. item 1), 82/2012 ss 186–189(2), 30/2016 ss 50, 95–98, 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 items 9.2 9.3), substituted as Pt 3 (Heading and ss 10–13) by No. 12/2019 s. 9.