247Protection from personal liability for persons exercising functions

247 Protection from personal liability for persons exercising functions

247 Protection from personal liability for persons exercising functions

(1) A person who is or was a protected person is not personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith—

(a) in the exercise of a function under this Law; or

(b) in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was the exercise of a function under this Law.

(2) Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would, but for subsection (1), attach to a protected person attaches instead to ONRSR.

(3) In this section—

protected person means any of the following—

(a) a member of ONRSR;

(b) a member of a committee of ONRSR;

(c) a member of the staff of ONRSR;

(d) a rail safety officer;

(e) an authorised person;

(f) a person to whom ONRSR has delegated any of its functions;

(g) a person to whom an entity, or the chief executive of an entity or department of government, of a participating jurisdiction has subdelegated a function delegated to the chief executive by ONRSR;

(h) a member of the staff of an entity or department referred to in paragraph (g);

(i) a person acting under the authority or direction of a person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h).