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CurrentProtection from liability
Chapter 4Council and its members
Part 4.2Council members
Division 3Terms and conditions of membership
Subdivision 4Protection from liability
57 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 a member of a council.
(2) Any civil liability that would, but for this section, attach to a member of a council, attaches instead to the 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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