Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

TOBACCO CONTROL ACT - SECT 56

(1) This section applies to a person who is or has been -

(a) the Chief Health Officer;

(b) the Director;

(c) an authorised officer; or

(d) a person required to assist an authorised officer under section 50(2)(g)(iii).

(2) No civil or criminal proceedings lie against a person to whom this section applies in relation to an act done or omission made in good faith in the exercise or purported exercise of a power or the performance or purported performance of a function under this Act or the Regulations.

(3) Subsection (2) does not affect any liability that the Territory would, but for that subsection, have for an act or omission.

(4) This section has effect subject to Part VIIA of the Police Administration Act to the extent it relates to the civil liability of an authorised officer who is or has been a member of the Police Force.