CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 263
Exclusion of personal liability
CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 263
Exclusion of personal liability
263 Exclusion of personal liability
(1) An act or omission--
(a) by a body
constituted by this Act, or
(b) by a person who is a member of such a body or
a member of staff of such a body, or
(c) by a correctional officer or by any
other person on whom functions are conferred or imposed by or under this Act,
or
(d) by any person acting under the direction of a body or person referred
to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),
does not subject a person referred to in
paragraph (b), (c) or (d) personally to any action, liability, claim or demand
if the act or omission was done or omitted to be done in good faith in the
administration or execution of this Act or of any other Act that confers or
imposes any functions on a correctional officer.
(2) In particular, such a
person is not personally liable in respect of--
(a) anything properly and
necessarily done by the person in the course of carrying out a medical
examination or medical test if the person believed on reasonable grounds that
the examination or test was authorised or required to be carried out by this
Act or the regulations, or
(b) the disclosure, in accordance with the
regulations, of information obtained in the course of any such examination or
test.
(3) In this section--
"correctional officer" includes a person holding an authority under
section 240 to perform custodial duties.
