Auditor-General Act 1996
37Protection of auditor-general etc from liability
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37 Protection of auditor-general etc from liability (1) A protected person is not personally liable for conduct done honestly and without recklessness— (a) in the exercise of a function under this Act or another law; or (b) in the reasonable belief that the conduct was in the exercise of a function under this Act or another law. (2) Any liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the protected person attaches instead to the Territory. (3) In this section: conduct means an act or an omission to do an act. protected person means a person who is or has been— (a) the auditor-general; or (b) a member of the staff of the auditor-general. staff means— (a) staff mentioned in section 9C; and (b) a contractor mentioned in section 9D; and (c) a public servant mentioned in section 9E.