285Protection from liability for person exercising functions

285 Protection from liability for person exercising functions

(1) A protected person is not personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith—

(a) in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under this Act; or

(b) in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under this Act.

(2) Any liability resulting from an act or omission that, but for subsection (1), would attach to the protected person attaches instead to the State.

S. 285(3) def. of protected person amended by No. 17/2020 s. 11.

protected person means any of the following—

(a) the Commissioner;

(b) a person appointed as acting Commissioner under section 29;

(c) a member of the Board;

(d) a member of a panel;

(e) a person referred to in section 32A;

(f) an authorised officer;

(g) an investigator.

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