Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered ActsIf:
(a) a Board member relies on information, or professional or expert advice, given or prepared by:
(i) a member of the staff of the Agency whom the Board member believes on reasonable grounds to be reliable and competent in relation to the matters concerned; or
(ii) a professional adviser or expert in relation to matters that the Board member believes on reasonable grounds to be within the person’s professional or expert competence; or
(iii) another Board member in relation to matters within the Board member’s authority; or
(iv) a committee of Board members on which the Board member did not serve in relation to matters within the committee’s authority; and
(b) the reliance was made:
(i) in good faith; and
(ii) after making proper inquiry if the circumstances indicated the need for inquiry; and
(c) the reasonableness of the Board member’s reliance on the information or advice arises in proceedings brought to determine whether a Board member has performed a duty under this Division, or an equivalent general law duty;
the Board member’s reliance on the information or advice is taken to be reasonable unless the contrary is proved.