Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 451

    (1)     A protected person is not civilly liable for anything done or omitted to be done honestly and without recklessness—

        (a)     for the purpose of publicising disciplinary action taken against a person; or

        (b)     for the purpose of keeping, publishing or enabling access to the register of disciplinary action; or

        (c)     in the exercise of a function of the relevant council under this part; or

        (d)     in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise of a function of the relevant council under this part.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), a person is not civilly liable for publishing honestly and without recklessness—

        (a)     information about disciplinary action—

              (i)     recorded in the register of disciplinary action; or

              (ii)     otherwise publicised by the relevant council under this part; or

        (b)     matter purporting to contain information mentioned in paragraph (a); or

        (c)     a fair report of information mentioned in paragraph (a) or matter mentioned in paragraph (b).

    (3)     In this section:

"protected person" means—

        (a)     the Territory; or

        (b)     a council; or

        (c)     a person responsible for keeping the register of disciplinary action or any part of it; or

        (d)     an internet service provider or internet content host; or

        (e)     a public employee or statutory office-holder or a member of the staff of an entity mentioned in this definition; or

        (f)     a person acting at the direction of an entity mentioned in this definition.