32BImmunity

32B Immunity

S. 32B(1) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 38(1).

(1) A specified person is not personally liable for any thing done or omitted to be done in good faith—

(a) in the exercise of a power or the discharge of a duty under this Part or the regulations other than a power or duty under this Division; or

(b) in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise of a power or the discharge of a duty under this Part or the regulations other than this Division.

S. 32B(2) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 38(2).

(2) Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would but for subsection (1) attach to a specified person attaches to the Crown.

S. 32B(3) inserted by No. 58/2025 s. 38(3).

specified person means any of the following—

(a) the Social Services Regulator;

(b) a person appointed as acting Social Services Regulator under section 11 of the Social Services Regulation Act 2021;

(c) an Associate Social Services Regulator;

(d) a person appointed as acting Associate Social Services Regulator under section 18D of the Social Services Regulation Act 2021;

(e) a sector regulator;

(f) an integrated sector regulator;

(g) a person employed or engaged by the Social Services Regulator, a sector regulator or an integrated sector regulator.

S. 32C inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 27.