VICIn ForceAct
Estate Agents Act 1980
97AProtection for things done under this Act
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 97A
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Estate Agents Act 1980.
97A Protection for things done under this Act
S. 97A(1) amended by No. 52/1998 s. 111(1)(a)(b) (2) (ILA s. 39B(1)).
(1) An action does not lie against an applicant or any other person on account of any information provided to the Authority, any publication made or anything done under the authority of this Act or taken, made or done bona fide purportedly under the authority of this Act or on account of any omission made bona fide in the administration of this Act.
S. 97A(2) inserted by No. 52/1998 s. 111(2).
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to anything done or omitted to be done in the performance of a duty by a public statutory authority, a member of a public statutory authority or any person employed in the service of the Crown.
S. 98 substituted by No. 10028 s. 53, amended by No. 38/1993 s. 5(5), repealed by No. 31/1994 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 30), new s. 98 inserted by No. 8/2003 s. 58.