New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ACT 1989 - SECT 25

25 Personal liability of members of Service and volunteers

(1) A matter or thing done by:

(a) a member of the State Emergency Service, including a member of an SES unit, or

(b) an emergency officer, or

(c) a casual volunteer,

does not, if the matter or thing was done in good faith for the purpose of exercising the functions of or assisting the State Emergency Service, subject the member, officer or volunteer personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.

(2) In this section:
"casual volunteer" means a person who, with the consent of the member or officer, assists a member of the State Emergency Service or an emergency officer in the exercise of the Service’s functions.