Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act 2016
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124 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 waste manager; or (b) an authorised officer; or (c) anyone else exercising a function under this Act.
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