Local Government Act 1993

A person who is – a councillor; or a member of the Board; or the Executive Officer; or a member of the Code of Conduct Panel or an audit panel; or a member of a Board of Inquiry; or a member of a special committee or a controlling authority; or a commissioner, or an employee, of a council – does not incur any personal liability in respect of any act done or omitted to be done by the person in good faith in the performance or exercise, or the purported performance or purported exercise, of any function or power under this or any other Act or in the administration or execution, or purported administration or purported execution, of this Act.

A liability that would, but for subsection (1), lie against a councillor, an employee of the council, or a member of a special committee, an audit panel or a controlling authority, lies against the council which established the committee, panel or authority.

A liability that would, but for subsection (1), lie against a member of the Board, the Executive Officer, a member of the Code of Conduct Panel, a member of a Board of Inquiry or a commissioner lies against the Crown.