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Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
sec.290Protection from liability
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### sec.290 Protection from liability
In this section—
official means a director of the board of a port authority, an employee of a port authority or a person acting for a port authority.
A regulation may provide that an official is not civilly liable for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence for a port authority.
If subsection (2) prevents a civil liability attaching to an official, the liability attaches instead to the port authority.
s 290 ins 1994 No. 32 s 5
amd 2007 No. 10 s 62 sch
(sec.290-ssec.1) In this section— official means a director of the board of a port authority, an employee of a port authority or a person acting for a port authority.
(sec.290-ssec.2) A regulation may provide that an official is not civilly liable for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence for a port authority.
(sec.290-ssec.3) If subsection (2) prevents a civil liability attaching to an official, the liability attaches instead to the port authority.