Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 450

450 Protection from liability

(1) In this section—

"official" means—

(a) an authorised person; or

(b) a person acting under the direction of an authorised person.

(2) An official does not incur civil liability for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence under this Act.

(3) If subsection (2) prevents a civil liability attaching to an official, the liability attaches instead to—

(a) if the official is, or is acting under the direction of, an authorised person appointed by the chief executive officer of a local government—the local government; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—the State.

(4) This section does not apply to an official if the official is a prescribed person under the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 267 .