Protection from liability
4 Protection from liability
Subject to the following exceptions, a volunteer incurs no personal civil liability for an act or omission done or made in good faith and without recklessness in the course of carrying out community work for a community organisation.
Exceptions—
1 The immunity does not extend to—
a liability that falls within the ambit of a scheme of compulsory third-party motor vehicle insurance; or
a liability for defamation.
2 The immunity does not operate if the volunteer's ability to carry out the work properly was, at the relevant time, significantly impaired by a recreational drug.
3 The immunity does not operate if—
the volunteer was acting, and knew or ought to have known that he or she was acting, outside the scope of the activities authorised by the community organisation; or
the volunteer was acting, and knew or ought to have known that he or she was acting, contrary to instructions given by the community organisation.
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