Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Territory, the Minister, a member of an advisory committee or the product safety advisory committee, the commissioner, an investigator or a person acting under the direction or control of the commissioner is not civilly liable for a statement, notice or report made or issued honestly by a person in the exercise of functions under this Act.
(2) This section does not deprive a person of any defence the person might have relied on apart from this section.
(3) To remove any doubt, a statement, notice or report made or issued by the Minister, an advisory committee, the product safety advisory committee or the commissioner for the information of the public is a public document for the Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 , section 61 (Publication of public document) and the Defamation (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2001 , section 31.