878Protection of officials from liability

878 Protection of officials from liability (1) In this section: official means— (b) a person who is exercising, or has exercised, a function under this Act; or (c) a person who is, or has been, engaged in the administration of Note An official visitor exercising a function under this Act is protected from civil liability by the Official Visitor Act 2012, s 24. (2) An official, or anyone engaging in conduct under the direction of an official, is not civilly liable for conduct engaged in honestly and without recklessness— (a) in the exercise of a function under this Act; or

(b) in the reasonable belief that the conduct was in the exercise of a function under this Act. (3) Any liability that would, apart from this section, attach to an official attaches instead to the Territory. made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act, s 104).