Protecting prescribed persons from liability
241 Protecting prescribed persons from liability
A prescribed person is not civilly liable for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence under this Act.
If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to a prescribed person, the liability attaches instead to the State.
This section does not apply to a prescribed person if the person is also a prescribed person under the Public Sector Act 2022, section 267.
Note—
For protection from civil liability in relation to prescribed persons under the Public Sector Act 2022, section 267, see the Public Sector Act 2022, section 269.
In this section—
prescribed person means—
an authorised person for a QEC approved service within the meaning of section 130; or
an authorised person for a relevant service within the meaning of section 221; or
a person acting under the direction of any of the following—
the chief executive;
a public service officer or employee;
a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed person
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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