Immunity from tortious liability
32 Immunity from tortious liability
In this section —
official means the Minister or a DGO.
In this section, a reference to the doing of anything includes a reference to an omission to do anything.
An action in tort does not lie against an official for anything that the official has done, in good faith, in the performance or purported performance of a function under this Act.
The protection given by subsection (3) applies even though the thing done as described in that subsection may have been capable of being done whether or not this Act has been enacted.
The Crown is also relieved of any liability that it might otherwise have had for another person having done anything as described in subsection (3).
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