Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
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140 Immunity
(1) Any person exercising a power or performing a function under this Part is not personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith—
(a) in the exercise of that power or the performance of that function; or
(b) in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under this Part.
(2) Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would but for subsection (1) attach to the person referred to in that subsection attaches instead to the State.
Chapter 4—Compulsory assessment and treatment
Part 4.1—Preliminary
141 Immunity
(1) Any person exercising a power or performing a function under this Chapter is not personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith—
(a) in the exercise of that power or the performance of that function; or
(b) in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under this Chapter.
(2) Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would but for subsection (1) attach to the person referred to in that subsection attaches instead to the State.