ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 49 Indemnity from personal liability for honest and good faith carrying out of duties

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 49

49 Indemnity from personal liability for honest and good faith carrying out of duties

(1) An individual does not incur civil liability for an act or omission done honestly and in good faith in the course of his or her duties under the road transport legislation.

(2) A liability that would, apart from subsection (1), attach to an individual because of an act or omission done honestly and in good faith in the course of his or her duties attaches instead:

(a) if it is an act or omission of a police officer, to the Crown, or

(b) if it is an act or omission of a person acting for the Authority, to the Authority.

(3) An individual does not incur civil or criminal liability for carrying out a test or examination in accordance with the regulations made under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998 and expressing to the Authority in good faith an opinion formed as a result of having carried out the test or examination.

(4) An individual does not incur civil or criminal liability for reporting to the Authority, in good faith, information that discloses or suggests that:

(a) another person is or may be unfit to drive, or

(b) it may be dangerous to allow another person to hold, to be issued or to have renewed, a driver licence or a variation of a driver licence.