Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2023 (NO. 50 OF 2023) - SECT 225

    (1)     An official is not civilly liable for anything done or omitted to be done honestly and without recklessness—

        (a)     in the exercise of a function under this Act; or

        (b)     in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise of a function under this Act.

    (2)     Any civil liability that would, apart from subsection (1), attach to an official attaches instead to the Territory.

    (3)     In this section:

"official" means—

        (a)     the director-general; or

        (b)     an authorised person; or

        (c)     a person exercising a function under this Act.