New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2000 - SECT 124A

124A Guardian ad litem-exclusion of personal liability

(1) Anything done or omitted to be done by a member of the Guardian Ad Litem Panel who is appointed by the Court as a guardian ad litem does not subject the member personally to any action, liability, claim or demand if the thing was done, or omitted to be done, in good faith for the purposes of exercising his or her functions as a guardian ad litem under this Act.

(2) However, any such liability attaches instead to the Crown.

(3) In this section:
"Guardian Ad Litem Panel" means the panel constituted as the Guardian Ad Litem Panel by the Director-General of the Department of Justice and Attorney General.