28Protection from liability

28 Protection from liability (1) An official is not civilly liable for conduct engaged in honestly and without recklessness— (a) in the exercise of a function under this Act; or (b) in the reasonable belief that the conduct was in the exercise of a function under this Act. (2) Any civil liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the official attaches instead to the Territory. conduct means an act or omission to do an act. official means— (a) the commissioner; or (b) a member of the staff of the commissioner; or (c) a person authorised under this Act to do or not to do a thing.