Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE ACT 2010 - SECT 64

64 Protection from liability

(1) A relevant person is not civilly liable to someone for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence under this Act.

(2) If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to a person—

(a) for a person who is a public officer of a local government or an entity established under local government authorisation—the liability attaches instead to the local government; or

(b) for a person who is a public officer of an entity, other than an entity mentioned in paragraph (a) , that does not represent the State—the liability attaches instead to the entity; or

(c) otherwise—the liability attaches instead to the State.

(3) In this section—

"relevant person" means a person who is responsible for discharging a function, or part of a function, under this Act.