New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2013 - SECT 89

89 Protection of representatives, witnesses and staff members

(1) An Australian legal practitioner, or any other person appearing before the Tribunal on behalf of a party in any proceedings, has the same protection and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the Supreme Court.

(2) Subject to this Act, a person summoned to attend or appearing before the Tribunal as a witness has the same protection, and is, in addition to the penalties provided by this Act, subject to the same liabilities, as a witness in proceedings in the Supreme Court.

(3) Any thing done or omitted to be done by a relevant staff member in exercising the functions conferred or imposed on the relevant staff member by or under this or any other Act does not, if the thing was done or omitted to be done in good faith, subject the relevant staff member personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.

Note : See also clause 4 of Schedule 2 with respect to the protections and immunities of members of the Tribunal when exercising their functions.

(4) In this section--

"barrister" has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) .

"relevant staff member" means--

(a) the principal registrar or any other registrar, or

(b) an assessor appointed in accordance with the procedural rules, or

(c) any other kind of person prescribed by the regulations who exercises functions in connection with the Tribunal.