Queensland Numbered Acts

FORENSIC DISABILITY ACT 2011 No. 13 - SECT 128

(1) An official does not incur civil liability 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 the State.

(3) In this section—

official means a following person—

(a) the director;

(b) the director (mental health);

(c) the administrator;

(d) a practitioner;

(e) an authorised officer;

(f) a person acting under the direction of a person mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (e);

(g) a doctor or registered nurse exercising a power under section 50 or 144.