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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 143 Protection from civil liability

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 143

Protection from civil liability

143 Protection from civil liability

(1) An official is not civilly liable for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence under this Act.
(2) If subsection (1) prevents civil liability attaching to an official, the liability attaches instead to the State.
(3) This section does not apply to an official if the official is a prescribed person under the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 267 .
Note—
For protection from civil liability in relation to prescribed persons under the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 267 , see the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 269 .