Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
protected officer means —
(a) the
sheriff; and
(b) a
deputy sheriff; and
(c) a
bailiff or an assistant bailiff within the declared areas.
(2) In this section, a
reference to the doing of anything includes a reference to an omission to do
anything.
(3) A civil action
does not lie against a protected officer for anything that he or she has done,
in good faith, in the performance or purported performance of a function under
this Act or under an order made under this Act.
(4) The Crown is also
relieved of any liability that it might otherwise have had for another person
having done anything as described in subsection (3).
(5) The protection
given by this section applies even though the thing done as described in
subsection (3) may have been capable of being done whether or not this Act had
been enacted.