499Officers and employees

499 Officers and employees (1) The Authority— (a) must appoint such officers and employees as are necessary to enable the Authority to perform its functions, exercise its powers and achieve its objectives; and (b) may employ any other persons for the purposes of enabling the Authority to perform its objectives and functions and exercise its powers. (2) If a person at the date of appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority or as an officer or employee of the Authority is an officer within the meaning of the **State Superannuation Act 1988**, that person continues to be such an officer while serving with the Authority. (3) An employee of the Authority (including a person appointed as casual staff or a consultant) is not subject to any action, liability, claim or demand for any matter or thing done or omitted to be done or contract entered into by the Authority if the matter or thing is done or omitted to be done or the contract is entered into in good faith for the purposes of performing a duty or carrying out a power or function of the Authority under this or any other Act. (4) Any liability resulting from an act or omission that, but for subsection (3), would attach to an employee, attaches instead to the Authority.