Queensland Consolidated Acts

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 - SECT 248

248 Protection from liability if honest and not negligent

(1) A person is not civilly liable for an act done, or an omission made, honestly and without negligence under this Act or the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 .

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

(3) In this section—

"former member" , of the former tribunal, means—

(a) a person who was the president, a deputy president or another tribunal member of the former tribunal; or

(b) a person who was the registrar, a member of the staff, or a tribunal expert, of the former tribunal.

"former tribunal" means the Guardianship and Administration Tribunal established under this Act before its abolition by the QCAT Act .

"person" means—

(a) the public advocate or a member of the public advocate’s staff; or

(b) a former member of the former tribunal.