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Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002
8Protection of volunteers from liability
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8 Protection of volunteers from liability
(1) A volunteer does not incur personal civil liability for an act done or
omission made honestly and without recklessness while carrying out
community work for a community organisation on a voluntary basis.
(2) However, the protection does not apply if—
(a) the liability falls within the ambit of a scheme of compulsory
third-party motor vehicle insurance; or
(b) the liability is for defamation; or
(c) the volunteer’s capacity to carry out the work properly was, at
the relevant time, significantly impaired by a recreational drug;
or
(d) the volunteer was acting, and knew or ought to have known that
he or she was acting—
(i) outside the scope of the activities authorised by the
community organisation; or
(ii) contrary to instructions given by the community
organisation.