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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 265

Protection from civil actions—exercise of functions etc.

265 Protection from civil actions—exercise of functions etc.

(1) A person who is or has been—
(a) the commissioner; or
(b) a member of the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or
(c) the registrar of the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or
(d) a member of the staff of the commission or the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or
(e) a person acting under the direction or authority of the commissioner or a member of the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or
(f) a person acting under a delegation under section 244 ;
incurs no civil liability for an honest act or omission in—
(g) the performance or purported performance of functions under this Act or the Human Rights Act 2019 ; or
(h) the exercise or purported exercise of powers under this Act or the Human Rights Act 2019 .
(2) A liability that would, but for this section, attach to a person mentioned in subsection (1) attaches instead to the State.



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