Planning Act 1999
105Protection of members and witnesses
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105 Protection of members and witnesses (1) No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, is to lie against a member or person acting with the authority of the Development Consent Authority for or in respect of an act or thing done or omitted to be done in good faith by the member or person or by the Authority in: (a) the performance or purported performance of a function; or (b) the exercise or purported exercise of a power, under this or any other Act imposing a function or conferring a power on the Authority. (2) A witness appearing before the Development Consent Authority has the same protection and immunity as a witness in proceedings before the Supreme Court.