Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1945 - SECT 22R

22R Protection from liability

(1) A public official is not civilly liable for an act done, or omission made, for the operation of part 4 , if the act was done, or omission was made, honestly and without negligence.

(2) If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to a public official, the liability attaches instead to the State.

(3) In this section—

"public official" means—

(a) the Minister; or

(b) the chief executive (corrective services); or

(c) a person acting under the authority of part 4 or a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .