Limitation of industry participant’s liability because of compliance with plan
241 Limitation of industry participant’s liability because of compliance with plan
This section applies if—
a person incurs a cost, damage or loss because of an act done or omission made by an industry participant; and
doing the act or making the omission was required by the industry participant’s contingency supply plan.
The industry participant is not civilly liable for the cost, damage or loss if—
in doing the act or making the omission the industry participant complied with this Act and the conditions of any relevant distribution authority or retailer authorisation; and
the doing of the act or the making of the omission was carried out in good faith and without negligence.
Subsection (2)—
is subject to any agreement between the person and the industry participant; and
does not limit section 6(3).
In this section—
retailer authorisation means a retailer authorisation under the NERL (Qld).
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