Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Essential Services Commission Act 2001 - SECT 60

Personal liability

60. Personal liability



(1) A Commissioner or any employee or a member of a committee or panel acting
under a delegation under section 26 is not personally liable for anything done
or omitted to be done in good faith-

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

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

(2) Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would but for
subsection (1) attach to a person referred to in that subsection attaches
instead to the Commission.