Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (INFECTION CONTROL FOR PERSONAL APPEARANCE SERVICES) ACT 2003 - SECT 145

145 Protecting officials from liability

(1) An official is not civilly liable for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence under this Act.

(2) If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to an official, the liability attaches instead to—

(a) if the official is the chief executive officer of a local government, an authorised person appointed by a local government or acting under the direction of an authorised person appointed by a local government—the local government; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—the State.

(3) In this section—

"official" means—

(a) the Minister; or

(b) the chief executive; or

(c) a chief executive officer; or

(d) an authorised person; or

(e) a person acting under the direction of an authorised person.