New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ACT 1982 - SECT 20J

20J Personal liability of members etc

(1) Anything done by a Committee, a member of a Committee or any person acting under the direction of a Committee, in good faith for the purposes of the exercise of the Committee’s functions, does not subject such a member or person personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a member of a Committee has qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation in respect of:

(a) any statement made orally or in writing in the exercise of the functions of a member, or

(b) the contents of any report or other information published by the Committee.

(3) The members of a Committee are, and are entitled to be, indemnified by the prescribed establishment that established the Committee in respect of any costs incurred in defending proceedings in respect of a liability against which they are protected by this section.