Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to the
Chattel Securities Act 1987 , a member of the Committee, the Commissioner
and any officer of the Department is not personally liable, and the Crown in
right of the State is not liable, for any —
(a) act
done;
(b)
statement made or issued;
(c)
advice, assistance or information given;
(d)
default or omission made,
by the Committee, the
Commissioner, or an officer of the Department in good faith in the course of
the operations of the Committee or of the Department or the administration of
this Act or the Fair Trading Act 1987 .
(2) No liability is
incurred by a person for publishing in good faith —
(a) a
statement referred to in subsection (1)(b); or
(b) a
fair report or summary of such a statement.
(3) In this
section —
liability includes liability for defamation.
[Section 25 inserted by No. 52 of 1982
s. 2; amended by No. 1 of 1985 s. 16; No. 101 of 1987
s. 32; No. 28 of 2006 s. 78.]