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COMMUNITY SERVICES (TORRES STRAIT) ACT 1984 - SECT 77

77 Indemnification of Island police officer for liability for tort

(1) If--

(a) an Island police officer incurs legal liability for committing a tort while acting, or purporting to act, in the execution of duty as an officer; and
(b) the officer acted honestly and without gross negligence;

the State may indemnify the officer for the liability.

(2) If--

(a) an Island police officer incurs legal liability for helping, directly or indirectly, a person suffering, or apparently suffering, from illness or injury in circumstances that the officer reasonably considers to be an emergency; and
(b) the officer acted honestly and without gross negligence;

the State must indemnify the officer for the liability.


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