9No compensation payable by State

9 No compensation payable by State

9 No compensation payable by State

(1) Compensation is not payable by or on behalf of the Crown arising directly or indirectly from any of the following:

(a) the enactment or amendment of this Act,

(b) the carrying out of authorised cloud seeding operations,

(c) the exercise by any person of a function under this Act or a failure to exercise any such function,

(d) the effect of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 of the Commonwealth on the authorised cloud seeding operations, including anything done or omitted to be done by the Commonwealth or any person exercising a function under that Act in respect of the authorised cloud seeding operations.

(2) In this section:

compensation includes damages or any other form of monetary compensation.

the Crown means the Crown within the meaning of the Crown Proceedings Act 1988, and includes an officer, employee or agent of the Crown, but does not include Snowy Hydro Limited.

s 9: Am 2012 No 73, Sch 1 [16] [17].