141Protection from liability for torts

141 Protection from liability for torts

[Section 141 Inserted by No. 17 of 2021, s. 18, Applied:05 Nov 2021]

(1)  An action in tort does not lie against a person for anything that the person has done in good faith, in the performance or purported performance of a function under this Act or a relevant Act as a member of the Tribunal, a member of the staff of the Tribunal or an officer of the Tribunal.

(2)  The Crown is also relieved of any liability that it might otherwise have had for a person having done anything as described in subsection (1) .

(3)  The protection given by this section applies even though the thing done as described in subsection (1) may have been capable of being done whether or not this Act or a relevant Act had been enacted.

(4)  In this section, a reference to the doing of anything includes a reference to an omission to do anything.