Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) An official is not civilly liable for conduct engaged in honestly and without recklessness—
(a) in the exercise of a function under this Act; or
(b) in the reasonable belief that the conduct was in the exercise of a function under this Act.
(2) Any civil liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the official attaches instead to the Territory.
(3) In this section:
"conduct" means an act or omission to do an act.
"official" means—
(a) an authorised person; or
(b) a person authorised under this Act by an authorised person to do or not to do a thing.
Note A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act, s 104).