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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repealed by No. 53/1999 s. 10.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s. 10, repealed by No. 53/1999 s. 11(1).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 816) amended by Nos 43/1995 ss 12, 13, 93/1997 ss 1118, 53/1999 ss 11(2)18, 9/2000 s. 7(1)(c)(2), 36/2003 ss 1218, 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 1013) by No. 12/2019 s. 9.

Part 3—Financial audits

S. 10 substituted by No. 12/2019 s. 9.