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Food Act 2001
144Protection from liability
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144 Protection from liability official means— (a) the Minister; or (b) the chief health officer; or (c) an authorised officer; or (d) anyone else exercising functions under this Act. (2) An official does not incur civil or criminal liability for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence for this Act. (3) A civil liability that would, apart from this section, attach to an official attaches instead to the Territory.