Protection of persons—control order declared to be void
3ZZTB Protection of persons—control order declared to be void
If:
a monitoring warrant was issued on the basis that an interim control order was in force; and
a court subsequently declares the interim control order to be void;
a criminal proceeding does not lie against a person in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, in good faith by the person:
in the purported execution of the warrant; or
in the purported exercise of a power, or the purported performance of a function or duty, in a case where the purported exercise of the power, or the purported performance of the function or duty, is consequential on the warrant.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a thing done, or omitted to be done, at a particular time if, at that time, the person knew, or ought reasonably to have known, of the declaration.
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