Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND ACT 1994 - SECT 441

441 Protection from liability

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

(2) If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability attaching to an official, the liability attaches instead to the State.

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

Note—

For protection from civil liability in relation to prescribed persons under the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 267 , see the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 269 .

(4) In this section—

"official" means—

(a) an authorised officer; or

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