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Road Transport (General) Act 1999
230Indemnity from personal liability for honest and good
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230 Indemnity from personal liability for honest and good
faith carrying out of duties
(1) An individual is not civilly liable for an act or omission done honestly
and in good faith in the exercise of a function under the road transport
(2) A liability that would, apart from subsection (1), attach to an
individual attaches instead to the Territory.
(3) An individual is not civilly or criminally liable for carrying out a test
or examination under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing)
Act 1999 and expressing to the road transport authority, in good faith,
an opinion formed because of having carried out the test or
examination.
(4) An individual is not civilly or criminally liable for reporting to the
road transport authority, in good faith, information that discloses or
suggests that—
(a) someone else is or may be unfit to drive; or
(b) it may be dangerous to allow someone else to hold, to be issued
or to have renewed, a driver licence or a variation of a driver
licence.
(5) This section does not apply to an individual who is—
(a) employed by a rail transport operator; and
(b) exercising a function under the road transport legislation in the
course of that employment.