Young Offenders Act 1994

In this section, a reference to the doing of anything includes a reference to the omission to do anything.

An action in tort does not lie against a person for anything that the person has, in good faith, done in the performance or purported performance of a function under this Act.

The protection given by this section applies even though the thing done in the performance or purported performance of a function under this Act may have been capable of being done whether or not this Act had been enacted.

This section does not relieve the Crown of any liability that it might have for the doing of anything by a person against whom this section provides that an action does not lie.

For the purposes of this section, anything that a person who has any function under this Act does in good faith and for reasonable or probable cause in promoting the effective rehabilitation of a young person is to be regarded as having been done in the performance of a function under this Act.

A person who on reasonable grounds and in good faith for the purposes of facilitating the enforcement of the provisions of this Act makes a report with respect to the circumstances of a person is not liable to any action for damage or any other legal proceeding in respect of that report.