SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 - SECT 76
Enforcement officer’s protection from liability
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 - SECT 76
Enforcement officer’s protection from liability
76 Enforcement officer’s protection from liability
(1) A proceeding in relation to an enforcement officer acting in that capacity
must be started against ‘The Sheriff of Queensland’ and not against the
enforcement officer.
(2) If a money order is made against The Sheriff of
Queensland in a proceeding mentioned in subsection (1) —
(a) the money order
debt must be paid by the Treasurer out of the consolidated fund; and
(b) the
State may recover the money order debt from the relevant enforcement officer
unless the liability resulting in the money order was for an act done, or
omission made, honestly and without negligence when acting as an enforcement
officer.
