Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (ACT) - SECT 236

    (1)     A protected person is not personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith—

        (a)     in the exercise of a function under this Law; or

        (b)     in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was the exercise of a function under this Law.

    (2)     Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would, but for subsection (1), attach to a protected person attaches instead to the National Agency.

    (3)     In this section—

"protected person" means any of the following—

        (b)     a member of the Agency Board;

        (c)     a member of a National Board or a committee of the National Board;

        (d)     a member of an external accreditation entity;

        (e)     a member of the staff of the National Agency;

        (f)     a consultant or contractor engaged by the National Agency;

        (g)     a person appointed by the National Agency to conduct an examination or assessment for a National Board;

        (h)     a person employed or engaged by an external accreditation entity to assist it with its accreditation function.