Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ACT CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2008 - SECT 116

    (1)     A protected person is not personally liable for conduct done honestly and without recklessness—

        (a)     in the exercise of a function under this Act; or

        (b)     in the reasonable belief that the conduct was in the exercise of a function under this Act.

    (2)     Any liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the protected person attaches instead to the Territory.

    (3)     In this section:

"conduct" means an act or an omission to do an act.

"protected person "means a person who is or has been—

        (a)     a tribunal member; or

        (b)     acting under the direction or authority of the tribunal, including under the direction or authority of a registrar.

Example—par (b)

an accredited mediator to whom an application is referred under s 35