Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 193

193 Protection from liability in relation to monitoring and enforcement

(1) A prescribed person does not incur civil liability for—

(a) an act done, or omission made, in good faith and without negligence, under chapter 7; or

(b) a result of the act or omission.

(2) If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to a prescribed person, the liability attaches instead to the State.

(3) This section does not apply to the extent the prescribed person is protected from the civil liability under the Public Service Act 2008, section 26C .

(4) In this section—

"prescribed person" means—

(a) an authorised person or State analyst; or

(b) a person acting under the direction of any of the following—

(i) the chief executive;

(ii) a public service employee employed in the department;

(iii) an authorised person or State analyst.