9Limitation of liability

9 Limitation of liability

(1)  A person is not liable for any loss or damage arising from any thing to which section 7(2) applies if the person would not have been liable for the loss or damage if the previous Act had not expired before the thing was done or purported to be done.

(2)  A person is not liable for any loss or damage arising out of any act of a local registration authority during the expiry period to the extent the act is done –

(a) on the basis that the previous Act had expired; or

(b) on the basis that the previous Act had not expired or as if the previous Act had not expired; or

(c) on the basis that the Commonwealth Act would again be adopted for Tasmania, whether or not for the expiry period.

(3)  In this section –

expiry period means the period between the expiry of the previous Act and the commencement of this section;

local registration authority means a local registration authority as defined under the Commonwealth Act in relation to Tasmania;

person includes the State and a local registration authority.