Protection from liability
13 Protection from liability
A registered health practitioner who performs a termination in accordance with this Act, or a registered health practitioner who assists or is otherwise involved in such a termination—
incurs no criminal liability for an act or omission in so doing;
and
incurs no civil liability for an act or omission in so doing, provided that the act or omission was done or made in good faith and without negligence.
A registered health practitioner who, in accordance with section 11, refuses to—
perform a termination on a person; or
assist in the performance of a termination on a person;
or
provide advice to a person about the performance of a termination, incurs no civil liability for an act or omission in so doing.
For the purposes of this section, a reference to the civil liability of a person includes a reference to liability arising under disciplinary proceedings or similar proceedings.
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