19A
In forceProtection from liability
Chapter 2System of local government
Part 2.2Constitutive powers
19A Protection from liability
(1) A person appointed to constitute a prospective council under section 19(6) 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 under this Act.
(2) Any civil liability that would, but for this section, attach to the person, attaches instead to the prospective council.
(3)
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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