Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Museums Act 1983 - SECT 14

Protection of members

14. Protection of members



(1) Where a member or former member of the Board is personally liable to make
payment by way of compensation or reimbursement to the Board or any other
person by reason of an act done or concurred in or omitted to be done by him
while a member of the Board, the Treasurer shall, if-

   (a)  the act or omission formed part of a course of conduct which the
        member or former member honestly and reasonably believed the Board was
        by law required or authorized to pursue; and

   (b)  in the case of an act done or omitted to be done by the member or
        former member, the act or omission formed part of a course of conduct
        which the member or former member honestly and reasonably believed the
        Board had required or authorized him to pursue on its behalf-

indemnify him out of the Consolidated Fund (which is hereby to the necessary
extent appropriated accordingly) to the full extent of his liability.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a belief may be held to have been
honest and reasonable notwithstanding that it was wrong as to a matter of law.

(3) The indemnity conferred upon a member or former member of the Board by
subsection (1) is in addition to any indemnity to which he is otherwise
entitled by law.