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BUSHFIRES MANAGEMENT ACT 2016 (NO 14 OF 2016) - SECT 99

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 a member of the Council or a regional committee.

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

    (3)     A fire control officer, fire warden or authorised bushfire volunteer acting in accordance with a direction given by a person participating in the chain of command at a bushfire is not civilly or criminally liable for an act done or omitted to be done by the person in good faith in the course of so acting.

    (4)     A fire warden acting in accordance with a direction given by a fire control officer under section 48 (4) is not civilly or criminally liable for an act done or omitted to be done by the person in good faith in the course of so acting.

    (5)     Subsection (3) or (4) does not affect any liability that the Territory would, apart from that subsection, have for the act or omission.



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