Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) No 86a
Current version for 14 May 2013 to date (accessed 22 May 2013 at 20:58)

236   Protection from personal liability for persons exercising functions

(1)  A protected person is not personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith—
(a)  in the exercise of a function under this Law; or
(b)  in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was the exercise of a function under this Law.
(2)  Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would, but for subsection (1), attach to a protected person attaches instead to the National Agency.
(3)  In this section—

protected person means any of the following—

(a)  a member of the Advisory Council;
(b)  a member of the Agency Management Committee;
(c)  a member of a National Board or a committee of the National Board;
(d)  a member of an external accreditation entity;
(e)  a member of the staff of the National Agency;
(f)  a consultant or contractor engaged by the National Agency;
(g)  a person appointed by the National Agency to conduct an examination or assessment for a National Board;
(h)  a person employed or engaged by an external accreditation entity to assist it with its accreditation function.

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