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State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989
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#### 62 Personal liability
62 Personal liability
> > (1) A matter or thing done by—
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> > > (a) an emergency or rescue management organisation, or
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> > > (b) a member of any such organisation or of the staff of any such organisation (in the person’s capacity as such a member), or
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> > > (c) the State Emergency Operations Controller or a Regional or Local Emergency Operations Controller (in the person’s capacity as such a controller),
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> > does not, if the matter or thing was done in good faith for the purposes of executing this or any other Act, subject the member or controller personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.
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> > (2) A matter or thing done by a government sector employee, or by a member (or member of staff) of an emergency services organisation, does not, if the matter or thing was done in good faith for the purposes of executing this Act, subject the employee or member to any action, liability, claim or demand.
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > government sector employee means a person employed in a government sector agency (within the meaning of the [Government Sector Employment Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-040)).
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> **s 62:** Am 1991 No 94, Sch 2; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 \[12\]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 \[41\].