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Information Act 2002
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151 Protection from liability
(1) A person is not civilly or criminally liable for an act done or omitted
to be done by the person in good faith:
(a) in connection with the exercise of a power or performance of a
function under this Act; or
(b) in compliance with a requirement under this Act.
(1A) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) extends to an act done or omitted to
be done by a person in sharing information in accordance with a
processing arrangement, or purportedly in accordance with a
processing arrangement, between 2 public sector organisations.
(2) This section does not affect any liability the Territory would, apart
from this section, have for the act or omission.
compliance, with a requirement, includes the purported
compliance with the requirement.
exercise, of a power, includes the purported exercise of the power.
performance, of a function, includes the purported performance of
the function.
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