Queensland Consolidated Acts

CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2003 - SECT 42

42 Liability of volunteer not excluded if acting outside scope of activities or contrary to instructions

This subdivision does not confer protection on a volunteer from personal liability in relation to an act or omission of a volunteer if the volunteer knew or ought reasonably to have known that he or she was acting—

(a) outside the scope of the activities authorised by the community organisation concerned; or

(b) contrary to instructions given by the community organisation.