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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
317Protection from liability for people involved in community
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317 Protection from liability for people involved in community
(1) A person involved in community service work is not civilly liable to
someone (other than the offender doing the work) for conduct
engaged in by the offender in doing the work.
Note A person may engage in conduct by omitting to do an act (see dict,
def conduct and def engage in).
(2) A person involved in community service work is not civilly liable to
the offender for conduct engaged in by the person in relation to the
(3) Any civil liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the
person involved attaches instead to the Territory.
(4) However, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if—
(a) the community service work was not approved by the
director-general; or
(b) the conduct was intended (whether by itself or with other
conduct) to cause injury, loss or damage.