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Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995
sec.76Protection from liability
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### sec.76 Protection from liability
An authorised officer or a person acting under the direction of an authorised officer is not civilly liable for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence under this Act.
If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to an authorised officer or person, the liability attaches instead to the State.
s 76 amd 2006 No. 21 s 20
(sec.76-ssec.1) An authorised officer or a person acting under the direction of an authorised officer is not civilly liable for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence under this Act.
(sec.76-ssec.2) If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to an authorised officer or person, the liability attaches instead to the State.