56Protection from liability

56 Protection from liability

(1)  In this section –

official means –

(a) the Registrar; or

(b) an independent advisor; or

(c) a person authorised by the Registrar under this Act to do or not do a thing; or

(d) another person engaged in the administration of this Act.

(2)  An official does not incur any personal liability in respect of any act done or omitted in good faith –

(a) in the performance or exercise, or the purported performance or exercise, of any function or power under this Act; or

(b) in the administration or execution, or purported administration or execution, of this Act.

(3)  A civil liability that would, but for this section, attach to an official or other person attaches to the Crown.