New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING ACT 1991 - SECT 41T

41T Exclusion of personal liability

(1) No liability is incurred by the Crown, and no personal liability is incurred by any of the following persons, for any act done or omitted, or for any statement made or issued, by any of them in good faith for the purposes of establishing or conducting a public inquiry--

(a) the Minister,

(b) the Secretary,

(c) a person employed in the Public Service or engaged to assist the public inquirer to conduct a public inquiry.

(2) No liability is incurred by a person for publishing in good faith--

(a) a statement referred to in subsection (1), or

(b) a fair report or summary of such a statement.

(4) An Australian legal practitioner assisting a public inquirer or representing a person before a public inquirer has the same protection and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the Supreme Court.

(5) Subject to this Part, a person summoned to attend or appearing before a public inquirer as a witness, or producing a document or other thing to the public inquiry, has the same protection as a witness in proceedings in the Supreme Court.

(6) No criminal or civil liability (apart from under the provisions of this Act) attaches to a person for compliance, or purported compliance in good faith, with any requirement made under this Part.

(7) In particular, if a person gives any statement of information or produces any document or other thing under a production requirement, no civil liability attaches to the person for doing so, whether that liability would arise under a contract or otherwise.

(8) In this section--

"barrister" has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) .