592Immunity

592 Immunity

(1) An authorised psychiatrist is not personally liable for any thing done or omitted to be done in good faith—

(a) in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under this Chapter; 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 authorised psychiatrist, attaches instead to the State.

Chapter 13—Interstate application of mental health provisions

Part 13.1—General

593 Corresponding laws and orders

(1) On the recommendation of the Minister, the Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may declare that a law of a State (other than this State) or of a Territory is a corresponding law for the purposes of this Chapter.

(2) An Order made under subsection (1) in respect of a law of another State or a Territory may include a declaration that an order under that corresponding law that is substantially similar to an assessment order, a temporary treatment order or a treatment order is a corresponding order for the purposes of this Chapter.