Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 (NO. 19 OF 2008) - SECT 878

    (1)     In this section:

"official" means—

        (a)     the chief executive; or

        (b)     an official visitor; or

        (c)     a person who is exercising, or has exercised, a function under this Act; or

        (d)     a person who is, or has been, engaged in the administration of this Act.

    (2)     An official, or anyone engaging in conduct under the direction of an official, is not civilly liable for conduct engaged in 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.

    (3)     Any liability that would, apart from this section, attach to an official attaches instead to the Territory.

Note     A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act, s 104).