New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 27

27 Immunity

(1) An act or omission of:

(a) the Commission, the Chief Executive Officer or a member of staff of the Commission, or

(b) the Board or a member of the Board, or

(c) a committee established under this Act or a member of such a committee, or

(d) a person acting under the direction of a person or body referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),

does not subject the Commission, the Chief Executive Officer, a member of staff, a member of the Board, a member of the committee or a person so acting to any action, liability, claim or demand if the act or omission was done, or omitted to be done, in good faith for the purpose of executing this Act.

(2) No liability attaches to or is incurred by the Commission, the Chief Executive Officer, a member of staff of the Commission, a member of the Board, a member of a committee established under this Act or a person acting under the direction of any of them because of anything done, or omitted to be done, by a private legal practitioner to whom work is assigned under this Act.

(3) In this section, a reference to an act or omission includes (but is not limited to) a reference to anything done or omitted to be done in respect of:

(a) the appointment of a private legal practitioner to, or the suspension or removal of a private legal practitioner from, a panel under Division 2 of Part 3, or

(b) the assignment of work to a private legal practitioner, or

(c) an audit in respect of a private legal practitioner.