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HEALTH AND HOSPITALS NETWORK ACT 2011 No. 32 - SECT 280

280 Protecting officials

(1) This section applies to each of the following persons—

(a) a member of a governing council;
(b) a member of a committee of a governing council;
(c) a network chief executive;
(d) a health service auditor, clinical reviewer or health service investigator appointed by a network chief executive;
(e) an authorised person or security officer;
(f) the chief executive;
(g) a health service auditor, clinical reviewer or health service investigator appointed by the chief executive;
(h) an inspector or a person acting under the direction or authority of an inspector.

(2) The person is not civilly liable for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence under this Act.

(3) If subsection (2) prevents a civil liability attaching to the person, the liability attaches instead to—

(a) for a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (e)—the network; or
(b) for a person mentioned in subsection (1)(f) to (h)—the State.


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