Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

AUDITOR-GENERAL ACT 1996 - SECT 37

    (1)     A protected person is not personally liable for conduct done honestly and without recklessness—

        (a)     in the exercise of a function under this Act or another law; or

        (b)     in the reasonable belief that the conduct was in the exercise of a function under this Act or another law.

    (2)     Any liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the protected person attaches instead to the Territory.

    (3)     In this section:

"conduct" means an act or an omission to do an act.

"protected person "means a person who is or has been—

        (a)     the auditor-general; or

        (b)     a member of the staff of the auditor-general.