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Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017
sec.53GProtection from civil liability
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### sec.53G Protection from civil liability
Neither the commissioner, nor an employee or agent of the commission, incurs civil liability for performing a function or exercising a power under this division if the conduct is engaged in good faith and without negligence.
A civil liability that would, apart from subsection (1) , attach to the commissioner, employee or agent attaches instead to the commission.
This section does not affect the liability of a person to disciplinary action under the conditions of the person’s employment.
In this section—
agent , of the commission, includes a special investigator.
s 53G ins 2020 No. 24 s 63
(sec.53G-ssec.1) Neither the commissioner, nor an employee or agent of the commission, incurs civil liability for performing a function or exercising a power under this division if the conduct is engaged in good faith and without negligence.
(sec.53G-ssec.2) A civil liability that would, apart from subsection (1) , attach to the commissioner, employee or agent attaches instead to the commission.
(sec.53G-ssec.3) This section does not affect the liability of a person to disciplinary action under the conditions of the person’s employment.
(sec.53G-ssec.4) In this section— agent , of the commission, includes a special investigator.