s 317C
In forceProtection from liability
Chapter 17Defaulting councils
Part 17.2Financial and governance control
317C Protection from liability
(1) A person appointed as a financial controller or a governance controller 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 local government body for which the person is appointed as financial controller or governance controller.
(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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