LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 33 - SECT 150 150 Amendment of s 235 (Administrators who act honestly and without negligence are protected from liability)

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 33 - SECT 150

150 Amendment of s 235 (Administrators who act honestly and without negligence are protected from liability)

(1) Section 235(1) and (2)—

omit.

(2) Section 235(5)(a) and (b)—

omit, insert—

'(a) a councillor; or

(b) the chief executive officer; or'.

(3) Section 235(5)—

insert—

'(e) an interim administrator.'.

(4) Section 235(6) and (7), '(3)'—

omit, insert—

'(1)'.

(5) Section 235(3) to (7)—

renumber as section 235(1) to (5).

(6) Section 235—

insert—

'(6) A joint local government, or any member of the joint local government, is not civilly liable for an act done under this Act, or omission made under this Act, honestly and without negligence.

'(7) If subsection (6) prevents civil liability attaching to a member of a joint local government, liability attaches instead to the local government for which the member is a councillor.'.

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