New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY (ASSUMED IDENTITIES) ACT 1998 - SECT 9

9 Protection from liability

(1) Anything done by an officer of an authorised agency or the officer in charge or other officer or employee of a government body or private body, in good faith in accordance with the authority conferred by this Act, is not unlawful and does not constitute an offence under any Act or other law, or corrupt conduct within the meaning of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 .

(2) Conduct of a person as chief executive officer of an authorised agency, an officer of such an agency, an officer in charge of any government body or private body, or an officer or employee of a government body or private body acting under the direction of the officer in charge, does not, if the conduct was in good faith and for the purpose of executing this Act, subject him or her personally to any action, claim, liability or demand.

(3) This section does not limit or otherwise affect the liability of an authorised agency for any liability incurred by an officer of the agency in the course of acquiring or using an assumed identity.