LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 171Q Protection from liability

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 171Q

171Q Protection from liability

(1) A matter or thing done or omitted to be done by:

(a) a Council, or

(b) any member of a Council, or

(c) any committee or subcommittee of a Council, or any member of a committee or subcommittee of a Council, or

(d) the Tribunal, or

(e) any member of the Tribunal, or

(f) the Registrar of the Tribunal, or

(g) the Commissioner, or

(h) the Bar Association, or

(i) the Law Society, or

(j) a consultant engaged by the Commissioner pursuant to section 59H (4), or

(k) a mediator to whom a dispute is referred under Division 4, or

(l) any member of the staff of any of the above,

does not, if the matter or thing was done or omitted to be done in good faith for the purpose of the administration of this Part, subject any such member, the Commissioner, the Registrar, the consultant, the mediator or the member of staff personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.

(2) In this section:

(a) a reference to a Council includes a reference to a committee of the Council, and

(b) a reference to a member of a Council includes a reference to a member of any such committee.