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CIVIL PROCEEDINGS ACT 2011 - SECT 77

Protection and immunity for costs assessors and account assessors

77 Protection and immunity for costs assessors and account assessors

(1) In performing the functions of a costs assessor or an account assessor, a costs assessor or an account assessor has the same protection and immunity as a Supreme Court judge performing a judicial function.
(2) A party appearing in an assessment has the same protection and immunity as the party would have if the assessment were a proceeding being heard before the Supreme Court.
(3) A witness attending in an assessment has the same protection and immunity as a witness attending before the Supreme Court.
(4) A document produced at, or used for, an assessment has the same protection during the assessment as it would have if produced before the Supreme Court.
(5) In this section—

"party" includes a party’s lawyer or agent.



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