MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 65 OF 2010) - SECT 238 Protection from liability
MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 65 OF 2010) - SECT 238
Protection from liability(1) A harbour master, or any other person exercising the functions of a harbour master, 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 or in connection with this Chapter or a direction in the regulations; 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 or in connection with this Chapter or a direction in the regulations.
(2) Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would, but for subsection (1), attach to a harbour master or person exercising the functions of a harbour master, attaches instead to the port management body, local port manager or waterway manager by which the harbour master or person is engaged.
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