sec.51AProtection from liability

### sec.51A Protection from liability In this section— official means— the Minister; or the Commissioner; or the chief executive; or an inspector; or a police officer; or a person acting under the direction of an inspector or a police officer. An official does not incur civil liability for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence under this Act. A liability that would, apart from this section, attach to an official attaches instead to the State. s 51A ins 1976 No. 26 s 9 sub 1993 No. 83 s 95 (sec.51A-ssec.1) In this section— official means— the Minister; or the Commissioner; or the chief executive; or an inspector; or a police officer; or a person acting under the direction of an inspector or a police officer. (sec.51A-ssec.2) An official does not incur civil liability for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence under this Act. (sec.51A-ssec.3) A liability that would, apart from this section, attach to an official attaches instead to the State. - (a) the Minister; or - (b) the Commissioner; or - (c) the chief executive; or - (d) an inspector; or - (e) a police officer; or - (f) a person acting under the direction of an inspector or a police officer.