26DAct or omission of supervisor of community service work

26D Act or omission of supervisor of community service work

26D Act or omission of supervisor of community service work

(1) No act or omission of a person for whom community service work is performed under a children’s community service order gives rise to any civil liability on the part of the person to the person who performs that community service work if the act or omission occurs in the course of that community service work.

(2) A civil action that would, but for subsection (1), lie against the person for whom the community service work is performed lies instead against the Crown.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not have effect if—

(a) the community service work concerned was not community service work approved by the Secretary, or

(b) the act or omission concerned was, or was a necessary part of, an act or omission intended to cause injury, loss or damage.

ss 26B–26D: Ins 1997 No 5, Sch 4 [1]. Am 2008 No 54, Sch 2.1 [9].