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WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 536A

Protection against liability

S. 536A(1) amended by No. 15/2021 s. 43(2).

    (1)     The Chief Executive Officer, a Conciliation Officer or an Arbitration Officer is not personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith—

        (a)     in the exercise of a power or the discharge of a duty under this Act; or

        (b)     in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise of a power or the discharge of a duty under this Act.

S. 536A(2) amended by No. 15/2021 s. 43(2).

    (2)     Any liability resulting from an act or omission that, but for subsection (1) would attach to the Chief Executive Officer, a Conciliation Officer or an Arbitration Officer, attaches instead to ACCS.

S. 536B inserted by No. 73/2016 s. 15.



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