sec.47Protection from liability

### sec.47 Protection from liability Liability at law does not attach to the State, a Minister or an official because of anything done or omitted to be done under this Act in good faith and without negligence. In this section— official means— an ambulance controller; or the CBRE commander; or the chief veterinary officer; or an emergency responder; or a fire controller; or the emergency commander; or a medical controller; or a person acting under a help direction or a resource operator direction; or a terrorist emergency commander; or a terrorist emergency forward commander; or a TERC commander; or the commissioner to the extent the commissioner exercises the powers of a person mentioned in paragraph (i) , (j) or (k) ; or the deputy commissioner to the extent the deputy commissioner exercises the powers of a person mentioned in paragraph (i) , (j) or (k) ; or a police officer acting on the instructions of a person mentioned in paragraph (f) , (i) , (j) , (k) , (l) or (m) ; or a police officer mentioned in section 8AF (3) , definition relevant matters , paragraph (h) or 8AN (3) , definition relevant matters , paragraph (j) . s 47 (prev s 17) amd 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1 ; 2003 No. 46 s 15 renum 2003 No. 46 s 17 amd 2007 No. 34 s 7 sch ; 2016 No. 42 s 54 (sec.47-ssec.1) Liability at law does not attach to the State, a Minister or an official because of anything done or omitted to be done under this Act in good faith and without negligence. (sec.47-ssec.2) In this section— official means— an ambulance controller; or the CBRE commander; or the chief veterinary officer; or an emergency responder; or a fire controller; or the emergency commander; or a medical controller; or a person acting under a help direction or a resource operator direction; or a terrorist emergency commander; or a terrorist emergency forward commander; or a TERC commander; or the commissioner to the extent the commissioner exercises the powers of a person mentioned in paragraph (i) , (j) or (k) ; or the deputy commissioner to the extent the deputy commissioner exercises the powers of a person mentioned in paragraph (i) , (j) or (k) ; or a police officer acting on the instructions of a person mentioned in paragraph (f) , (i) , (j) , (k) , (l) or (m) ; or a police officer mentioned in section 8AF (3) , definition relevant matters , paragraph (h) or 8AN (3) , definition relevant matters , paragraph (j) . - (a) an ambulance controller; or - (b) the CBRE commander; or - (c) the chief veterinary officer; or - (d) an emergency responder; or - (e) a fire controller; or - (f) the emergency commander; or - (g) a medical controller; or - (h) a person acting under a help direction or a resource operator direction; or - (i) a terrorist emergency commander; or - (j) a terrorist emergency forward commander; or - (k) a TERC commander; or - (l) the commissioner to the extent the commissioner exercises the powers of a person mentioned in paragraph (i) , (j) or (k) ; or - (m) the deputy commissioner to the extent the deputy commissioner exercises the powers of a person mentioned in paragraph (i) , (j) or (k) ; or - (n) a police officer acting on the instructions of a person mentioned in paragraph (f) , (i) , (j) , (k) , (l) or (m) ; or - (o) a police officer mentioned in section 8AF (3) , definition relevant matters , paragraph (h) or 8AN (3) , definition relevant matters , paragraph (j) .