Personal Violence Act 2016
218Protection from liability
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218 Protection from liability (1) A person is not personally liable for any protection order action in relation to a child respondent done or omitted to be done honestly and without recklessness before the commencement day— (a) in the exercise of a function under a territory law; or (b) in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise of a function under a territory law. (2) Any liability that, apart from subsection (1), would attach to a person attaches instead to the Territory.