STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 12
Protection from liability
STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 12
Protection from liability
12 Protection from liability
(1) An official does not incur civil liability for an act done, or omission
made, honestly and without negligence, when acting as an official.
(2) If
subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to an official, liability
attaches instead to the State.
(3) In this section—
"official" means— (a) the registrar; or
(b) another member of the staff of
SPER; or
(c) an enforcement officer.