Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 8

    (1)     A volunteer does not incur personal civil liability for an act done or omission made honestly and without recklessness while carrying out community work for a community organisation on a voluntary basis.

    (2)     However, the protection does not apply if—

        (a)     the liability falls within the ambit of a scheme of compulsory third-party motor vehicle insurance; or

        (b)     the liability is for defamation; or

        (c)     the volunteer's capacity to carry out the work properly was, at the relevant time, significantly impaired by a recreational drug; or

        (d)     the volunteer was acting, and knew or ought to have known that he or she was acting—

              (i)     outside the scope of the activities authorised by the community organisation; or

              (ii)     contrary to instructions given by the community organisation.