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Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994
sec.161Protection from liability
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### sec.161 Protection from liability
A shipping inspector 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 a shipping inspector, the liability attaches instead to the State.
(sec.161-ssec.1) A shipping inspector is not civilly liable for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence under this Act.
(sec.161-ssec.2) If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to a shipping inspector, the liability attaches instead to the State.