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ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 131

131 .         Protection from personal liability

        (1)         A matter or thing done or omitted by —

            (a)         the Minister;

            (b)         the CEO or a person to whom section 6(2) or 130 applies;

            (c)         a private adoption agency, or a person acting on behalf of the agency, where the matter or thing done or omitted was in accordance with the agency’s licence or any condition or restriction attached to the licence;

            (d)         an officer of the Department;

            (e)         the adoption applications committee or a member of that committee;

            (f)         a person who otherwise performs a function under this Act,

                does not, if the matter or thing was done or omitted in good faith for the purposes of this Act, subject the person to any action, liability, claim or demand.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a contact and mediation licensee.

        [Section 131 amended: No. 8 of 2003 s. 77; No. 34 of 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 2(8).]



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