sec.197Protection from liability for officials

### sec.197 Protection from liability for officials An official does not incur civil liability for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence under this Act. If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to an official, the liability attaches instead to the State. In this section— official means— the chief executive; or an authorised officer or police officer; or a person acting under the direction of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; or a member of the SCAN system or a representative of a member; or a member of a review panel. s 197 amd 2004 No. 36 s 31 ; 2014 No. 28 s 26 (sec.197-ssec.1) An official does not incur civil liability for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence under this Act. (sec.197-ssec.2) If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to an official, the liability attaches instead to the State. (sec.197-ssec.3) In this section— official means— the chief executive; or an authorised officer or police officer; or a person acting under the direction of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; or a member of the SCAN system or a representative of a member; or a member of a review panel. - (a) the chief executive; or - (b) an authorised officer or police officer; or - (c) a person acting under the direction of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; or - (d) a member of the SCAN system or a representative of a member; or - (e) a member of a review panel.