New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 698A

698A No liability, right etc. arising from particular functions of authorised officer or Regulator

(1) This section applies in relation to anything done by the Regulator or a protected person in the exercise of--

(a) a function of an authorised officer under section 479(2); or

(b) a function of the Regulator under section 659(2)(ka).

(2) The doing of the thing does not, of itself, give rise to--

(a) a civil liability of the Regulator or protected person; or

(b) a right, expectation, duty or obligation that would not otherwise be conferred or imposed on a person in relation to whom the thing was done; or

(c) a defence that would not otherwise be available to a person in relation to whom the thing was done.

(3) However, subsection (2)(a) applies only to a thing done by the Regulator or a protected person in good faith.

Note--: See also section 698 in relation to civil liability for a thing done in good faith.

(4) A reference in this section to doing a thing includes a reference to omitting to do a thing.

(5) In this section--

"protected person" see section 698(3).