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Wrongs Act 1958
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37 Protection of volunteers from liability
(1) A volunteer is not liable in any civil proceeding for anything done, or not done, in good faith by him or her in providing a service in relation to community work organised by a community organisation.
(2) Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would but for subsection (1) attach to the volunteer attaches instead to the community organisation.
S. 38 inserted by No. 49/2002 s. 11.