Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 98

98 State officers not liable for an offence

(1) Nothing in this chapter makes the following persons liable for an offence for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence, in the performance of the person’s function under this Act or another law—

(a) an authorised person;

(b) a State analyst or trainee State analyst;

(c) a person employed or engaged by a forensic and scientific facility operated by the State;

(d) a person authorised by another law to deal with medicinal cannabis in performing the person’s functions under that law.

Example—

a drug control officer within the meaning of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, section 726 or the Corrective Services Act 2006, section 344B

(2) In this section—

"function" includes power and responsibility.