Western Australian Current Acts

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT 2004 - SECT 19

19 .         Protection from personal liability

        (1)         In this section, a reference to the doing of anything includes a reference to an omission to do anything.

        (2)         A action in tort does not lie against a person for anything that the person does while he or she is a JP in the performance or purported performance of a function of a JP unless the person acts corruptly or maliciously.

        (3)         The Crown is also relieved of any liability that it might otherwise have had for another person having done anything as described in subsection (2).