257EPublic officers and police officers not personally liable for costs

257E Public officers and police officers not personally liable for costs

257E Public officers and police officers not personally liable for costs

(1) A public officer or a police officer is entitled to be indemnified by the State for any costs awarded against the officer personally as the prosecutor in any criminal proceedings in a court in which the officer is acting in his or her capacity as a public officer or a police officer.

(2) In this section—

public officer does not include a councillor or an employee of a council or any other person prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

s 257E: Ins 2006 No 23, Sch 2 [9].