Consumer Affairs Act 1988

A person shall not incur any personal liability on account of any disclosure or publication made to a member of the Committee, the Director, any Consumer Affairs Officer, or any authorized officer in relation to any of the matters specified in subsection (2).

The matters to which subsection (1) refers are – the supply of goods; and the supply of services; and any matter concerning the commercial or business reputation of any person associated with the supply of goods or services; and the quality of, price of, quantity of, or any other matter relating to goods supplied by any supplier of goods; and the quality of, price of, quantity of, or any other matter relating to services supplied by any supplier of services.

The Minister, a member of the Committee, the Director or any person acting on behalf of the Director, a Consumer Affairs Officer, or an authorized officer shall not incur any personal liability in respect of any act or thing done, or omitted to be done, in good faith in the administration or execution, or purported administration or execution, of this Act.

Nothing in subsection (3) precludes the Committee from being subject to any action, liability, claim, or demand to which the Committee is subject.

The Committee and the Director shall not incur any liability in respect of any matter, information, representation, or allegation contained in a report referred to in section 7 or 12.