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Local Government Act 2019
57Protection from liability
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57 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 in the exercise of a power or performance of a function as a member of a council. (2) Any civil liability that would, but for this section, attach to a member of a council, attaches instead to the council.