Transport Administration Act 1988
112Personal liability of certain persons
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112 Personal liability of certain persons
112 Personal liability of certain persons
(1) No matter or thing done or omitted to be done by a transport authority, a member of a transport authority, a member of an advisory committee appointed under this Act or a person acting under the direction of a transport authority or of a member of a transport authority shall, if the matter or thing was done or omitted to be done in good faith for the purposes of executing this or any other Act, subject a member of a transport authority, a member of such an advisory committee or a person so acting personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.
(2) In this section—
member of a transport authority includes the following—
(a) the Chief Executives of TAM, the State Transit Authority, NSW Motorways, Sydney Ferries, Sydney Trains, NSW Trains and Sydney Metro,
(b) (Repealed)
(c) the Transport Secretary,
(d) the Chairperson of the Independent Transport Safety Advisory Board,
(e) a director of the Sydney Metro Board,
(f) a member of the TAM advisory board.
transport authority includes—
(a) a Board of Inquiry established under the Passenger Transport Act 1990, and
(a1) (Repealed)
(b) the Chief Investigator, and
(c) the Point to Point Transport Commissioner appointed under the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016.
s 112: Am 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 1996 No 56, Sch 1 [48] [49]; 1998 No 8, Sch 1 [16]; 2003 No 65, Sch 1 [28]–[30]; 2003 No 96, Sch 1 [53] [54]; 2005 No 55, Sch 1 [16]; 2008 No 98, Schs 1.1 [17] [18], 3.1 [16] [17]; 2008 No 115, Sch 1 [17]–[19]; 2010 No 31, Schs 2.1 [9], 3.1 [8], 4.1 [8], 6.1 [3], 7.1 [52]; 2011 No 41, Schs 1 [52], 3.1 [17], 4.1 [17]; 2012 No 82, Sch 2.13 [28]; 2014 No 33, Sch 3.32 [1]; 2016 No 34, Sch 7.8 [2]; 2017 No 4, Sch 1 [11]; 2017 No 12, Schs 1.1[40] [41], 2.1[29]; 2018 No 18, Sch 1 [28]–[30]; 2019 No 19, Sch 1[28]; 2024 No 58, Sch 1.2[27] [28]; 2024 No 95, Sch 1[22]; 2025 No 66, Sch 2.1[21] [22].