New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(s 109 ICAC Act)
(1) A matter or thing done by the Commission, the Commissioner or any person acting under the direction of the Commission or Commissioner which was done in good faith for the purposes of the Commission’s inquiry or for the purpose of executing this or any other Act does not subject the Commissioner or the person so acting personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit any protection or immunity afforded the Commissioner by section 6 (Protection of Commissioners) of the 1923 Act.
(3) A legal practitioner assisting the Commission or representing a person before the Commission has the same protection and immunity as a legal practitioner has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the Supreme Court.
(4) Subject to this Act and the 1923 Act, a person summoned to attend or appearing before the Commission as a witness, or producing a document or other thing to the Commission, has the same protection as a witness in proceedings in the Supreme Court.
(5) No criminal or civil liability attaches to any person for compliance, or purported compliance in good faith, with any requirement made under this Act or the 1923 Act.
(6) In particular, if a person gives any statement of information or produces any document or other thing under section 6 or 7, no civil liability attaches to the person for doing so, whether that liability would arise under a contract or otherwise.
(7) The reference to the 1923 Act in item 10 of Schedule 1 (Excluded conduct of public authorities) of the Ombudsman Act 1974 is taken to include a reference to this Act.Note: Item 10 of Schedule 1 to the Ombudsman Act 1974 operates to exclude the conduct of a Royal Commissioner under the 1923 Act from investigation by the Ombudsman. Subsection (7) extends this to include conduct of the Royal Commissioner under this Act.