35AExclusion of liability for certain statements

35A Exclusion of liability for certain statements

35A Exclusion of liability for certain statements

(1) No liability is incurred by the Crown and no personal liability is incurred by a protected person for a statement made or issued in good faith—

(a) under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, section 319B, or

(b) in, or associated with, a recall notice within the meaning of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.

(2) No liability is incurred by a person for publishing in good faith—

(a) a statement referred to in subsection (1), or

(b) a fair report or summary of the statement.

(3) In this section—

liability includes liability for defamation.

protected person has the same meaning as in section 35.

s 35A: Ins 2024 No 20, Sch 8[6].