Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Audit Act 1994 - SECT 7H

State indemnity

7H. State indemnity



(1) This section applies to-

   (a)  the Auditor-General;

   (b)  the Deputy Auditor-General;

   (c)  a person acting in the office of Auditor-General or Deputy
        Auditor-General;

   (d)  an employee referred to in section 7E.

(2) The State must indemnify a person to whom this section applies against any
liability that he or she incurs for anything done or omitted to be done in
good faith-

   (a)  in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function or duty
        under this or any other Act; or

   (b)  in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise
        of a power or the performance of a function or duty under this or any
        other Act.

(3) The indemnity does not cover a liability of a person to the extent to
which he or she is entitled to be indemnified against the liability by a
person other than the State, whether under a contract of insurance or
otherwise.

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