Protection from liability
194 Protection from liability
(1) A person is not civilly or criminally liable for an act done or omitted to be done by the person in good faith in the exercise of a power or performance of a function as:
the Commissioner; or
an officer; or
(c) a member of the Commission's staff, or a consultant of the Commission, mentioned in section 328 of the Electoral Act 2004.
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect any liability the Territory would, apart from that subsection, have for the act or omission.
In this section:
exercise, of a power, includes the purported exercise of the power.
performance, of a function, includes the purported performance of the function.
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