AUDIT ACT 1994 - SECT 9 State indemnity
AUDIT ACT 1994 - SECT 9
State indemnity(1) This section applies to—
(a) the Auditor-General; and
(b) a Deputy Auditor-General; and
(c) a person acting in the office of Auditor-General or Deputy Auditor-General; and
(d) an employee referred to in section 6.
(2) The State must indemnify a person to whom this section applies against any liability that the person 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 the person is entitled to be indemnified against the liability by a person other than the State, whether under a contract of insurance or otherwise.
Pt 2A (Heading and ss 7B–7M) inserted
by No. 93/1997
s. 9,
amended by Nos 43/1998 s. 3(1)(2), 46/1998
s. 7(Sch. 1),
repealed by No. 53/1999 s. 10.
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Pt 2B (Heading and ss 7N–7V) inserted
by No. 93/1997
s. 10, repealed by No. 53/1999 s. 11(1).
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Pt 3 (Heading and ss 8– 16) amended by Nos 43/1995 ss 12, 13, 93/1997
ss 11– 18, 53/1999 ss 11(2)– 18, 9/2000
s. 7(1)(c)(2), 36/2003 ss 12– 18, 43/2004 s. 15, 80/2006
s. 16, 50/2011 s. 46(Sch. item 1), 82/2012 ss 186–189(2),
30/2016 ss 50, 95–98, 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 items 9.2 9.3),
substituted as Pt 3
(Heading and ss 10– 13) by No. 12/2019 s. 9.
Part 3—Financial audits
S. 10 substituted by No. 12/2019 s. 9.