New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ACT 1982 - SECT 20S

20S Personal liability of members etc

(1) Anything done by a RCA team, a member of a RCA team or any person acting under the direction of a RCA team, in good faith for the purposes of the exercise of the RCA team’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 RCA team 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 RCA team.

(3) The members of a RCA team are, and are entitled to be, indemnified by the relevant health services organisation for which the RCA team is appointed in respect of any costs incurred in defending proceedings in respect of a liability against which they are protected by this section.