HARBORS AND NAVIGATION ACT 1993 - SECT 89

HARBORS AND NAVIGATION ACT 1993 - SECT 89

89—Officers' liability

        (1)         The Crown, the Minister or the CE incurs no civil liability in consequence of—

            (a)         the issue of any licence, certificate, exemption or consent under this Act; or

            (b)         any act or omission with regard to the establishment, positioning or operation of navigational aids.

        (2)         An authorised person incurs no civil liability under this Act for an honest act or omission in the exercise or purported exercise of powers under this Act.

        (3)         A liability that would, but for subsection (2), attach to an authorised person attaches instead—

            (a)         if the authorised person is an officer or employee of a port operator—to the port operator; or

            (b)         in any other case—to the Minister.

        (4)         A port management officer (other than an authorised person) incurs no civil liability for an honest act or omission in the exercise or purported exercise of powers under this Act.

        (5)         Any liability that would, but for subsection (4), attach to a port management officer attaches instead to the port operator that appointed the officer.