Exclusion of personal liability
397 Exclusion of personal liability
An act or omission of—
the Minister or the Secretary, or
a prescribed authority, or a member or trustee of a prescribed authority, or
a member of staff of the Department or of a prescribed authority, or
an authorised person appointed under Chapter 7, Part 1, Division 9, or
a person acting under the direction of a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (c1),
does not subject the Minister, Secretary, member of staff or person so acting personally to any action, liability, claim or demand if the act or omission was done, or omitted to be done, in good faith for the purpose of executing this Act.
In this section, prescribed authority means—
the Ministerial Corporation, or
the Regulator, or
the Water Investment Trust, or the Board of Trustees of the Water Investment Trust, or
a management committee, or
a water supply authority, or
a private water corporation, or
the administrator of a private water corporation or a private water trust, or
a private water trust, or
an irrigation corporation.
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