Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CO-OPERATIVES NATIONAL LAW (ACT) ACT 2017 (NO. 8 OF 2017) - SECT 20

    (1)     An official is not civilly liable for conduct engaged in honestly and without recklessness—

        (a)     in the exercise of a function; or

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

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

    (3)     In this section:

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

"function" means a function under—

        (a)     the local application provisions of this Act; or

        (b)     the local regulations; or

        (c)     the Co-operatives National Law (ACT) ; or

        (d)     the Co-operatives National Regulation (ACT) .

"official" means—

        (a)     the Minister; or

        (b)     the Registrar; or

        (c)     a public sector official engaged in the administration of the local application provisions of this Act or the Co-operatives National Law (ACT) .

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).