South Australian Numbered Acts

TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ACT 2021 (NO 7 OF 2021) - SECT 13

13—Protection from liability

        (1)         A registered health practitioner who performs a termination in accordance with this Act, or a registered health practitioner who assists or is otherwise involved in such a termination—

            (a)         incurs no criminal liability for an act or omission in so doing; and

            (b)         incurs no civil liability for an act or omission in so doing, provided that the act or omission was done or made in good faith and without negligence.

        (2)         A registered health practitioner who, in accordance with section 11

, refuses to—

            (a)         perform a termination on a person; or

            (b)         assist in the performance of a termination on a person; or

            (c)         provide advice to a person about the performance of a termination,

incurs no civil liability for an act or omission in so doing.

        (3)         For the purposes of this section, a reference to the civil liability of a person includes a reference to liability arising under disciplinary proceedings or similar proceedings.

Division 2—Offences relating to unlawful termination of pregnancies