78Protection from liability

### 78 Protection from liability > [*\[Section 78 Subsection (3) amended by No. 9 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Apr 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-04-16/act-2003-009#JS1@Ja24@GC3@EN) [*\[Section 78 Repealed by No. 18 of 2021, s. 160, Applied:05 Nov 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-11-05/act-2021-018#GS160@EN) > > > (1)  The Public Guardian and any person acting under the direction of the Public Guardian do not incur any personal liability in respect of any act done or omitted to be done in good faith in the performance or exercise, or purported performance or exercise, of any function or power of the Public Guardian. > > > (2)  [Subsection (1)](#GS78@Gs1@EN) does not preclude the Crown or the Public Guardian from incurring liability that the Public Guardian or other person mentioned in [subsection (1)](#GS78@Gs1@EN) would, but for that subsection, incur. > > > (3)  This section does not affect the operation of [section 72 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1930-061#GS72@EN) [Public Trustee Act 1930](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1930-061) .