Protection from liability
82 Protection from liability
No liability attaches to – the Chief Inspector, an authorised officer or any other person engaged in the administration or enforcement of this Act; or a person employed by the Crown or the Chief Inspector to carry out analyses or any other function for the purposes of this Act – for an honest act or omission in the exercise or performance, or purported exercise or performance, of a power, function or duty under this Act.
Subsection (1) does not preclude the Crown from incurring a liability that the Chief Inspector, an authorised officer or other person would, but for that subsection, incur.
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