Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner Act 2026

The Commissioner, and any person acting under the direction or authority of the Commissioner, is not liable to an action, suit or proceeding in relation to an act done or omitted to be done in good faith in the performance or purported performance, or exercise or purported exercise, of a function or power conferred by this Act.

A legal practitioner assisting the Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner, or appearing on behalf of a person at a hearing before the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner, has the same protection and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the High Court.

An eligible Judge has, in relation to the performance or exercise of a function or power conferred on an eligible Judge by this Act, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court has in relation to proceedings in the High Court.

Subject to this Act, a person appearing as a witness at a hearing, or giving or producing information, evidence, a statement, a document or thing under section 31 or 33, has the same protection as a witness in proceedings in the High Court.