Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) An action in tort
does not lie against —
(a) the
Board;
(b) a
member of the Board; or
(c) an
employee of the Board,
for anything that the
Board or person has done, in good faith, in the performance or purported
performance of a function under this Act.
(2) The protection
given by subsection (1) applies even though the thing done as described
in that subsection may have been capable of being done whether or not this Act
had been enacted.
(3) In this section a
reference to the doing of anything includes a reference to the omission to do
anything.
(4) A person
who —
(a)
performs any function in relation to an inquiry before the Board under this
Act; or
(b) is
otherwise concerned in an inquiry before the Board under this Act,
has, in respect of any
such function or concern, the same protection and immunity as a member or an
officer of the Supreme Court, or a witness or a party before the Supreme
Court, would have in respect of a function or concern of a like nature related
to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.