Western Australian Current Acts

CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 - SECT 5AAC

5AAC .         Protection of staff members

        (1)         A staff member does not incur any personal civil liability in respect of —

            (a)         an act or omission done or made by the staff member at the scene of an emergency in assisting an enrolled child in apparent need of emergency medical assistance; or

            (b)         advice given by the staff member about assistance to be given to an enrolled child in apparent need of emergency medical assistance,

                if the act or omission is done or made, or the advice given, in good faith and without recklessness in the course of the staff member’s employment as a staff member.

        (2)         This section does not affect the vicarious liability of any person for the acts or omissions of a staff member.

        [Section 5AAC inserted: No. 1 of 2011 s. 6.]