Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2016
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24 Protection from liability
(1) The Commissioner, and any other person, performing a function or exercising a power under this Act does not incur any personal liability, civil or criminal, in respect of any act done or omitted to be done in good faith in the performance or exercise, or purported performance or exercise, of that function or power.
(2) No civil or criminal proceedings are to be brought against the Commissioner, or any other person performing a function or exercising a power under this Act, in respect of an act or omission referred to in subsection (1) without the leave of the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court is not to give leave under this section unless it is satisfied that there is substantial ground for the contention that the person to be proceeded against has acted, or omitted to act, in bad faith.