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SERIOUS CRIME CONTROL ACT 2009 - SECT 81

Protection from liability

    (1)     A person is not civilly or criminally liable for an act done or omitted to be done by the person in good faith in the exercise of a power or performance of a function as any of the following:

        (a)     the Attorney-General;

        (b)     the Commissioner;

        (c)     a police officer, including as a senior police officer;

        (d)     a person conducting a review under section 85 or 86.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not affect any liability the Territory would, apart from that subsection, have for the act or omission.

    (3)     In this section:

"exercise", of a power, includes the purported exercise of the power.

"performance", of a function, includes the purported performance of the function.



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