70Protection from liability

70 Protection from liability

(1) This section applies to the following persons (protected persons): (a) an official of the Office; (b) a delegate of the Inspector‑General; (c) a person who is authorised to perform a function or exercise a power of, or on behalf of, the Inspector‑General; (d) a person assisting a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) in performing the Inspector‑General’s functions or exercising the Inspector‑General’s powers. (2) A protected person is not liable to civil proceedings for loss, damage or injury of any kind suffered by another person as a result of anything done, or omitted to be done, by the protected person in good faith in the performance or purported performance of a function or duty conferred by this Act, or the exercise or purported exercise of a power conferred by this Act.