New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 - SECT 189

189 Protection from liability

(1) A matter or thing done or omitted to be done by a protected person does not, if the matter or thing was done or omitted in good faith for the purpose of executing any provision of this Act or the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 , subject such person personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.

(2) In this section, "protected person" means any of the following:

(a) the Minister,

(b) the Director-General,

(c) the Chief Inspector,

(d) a member of the Board,

(e) a site check inspector,

(f) an inspector,

(g) a mine safety officer,

(h) an investigator,

(i) a person who constitutes a Board of Inquiry,

(j) an assessor sitting with a Board of Inquiry,

(k) a member of staff of the Department.