Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 252ZC

    (1)     A protected person is not civilly liable for conduct engaged in honestly and without recklessness—

        (a)     in the exercise of a function under this division; or

        (b)     in the reasonable belief that the conduct was in the exercise of a function under this division.

    (2)     Any civil liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the protected person attaches instead to the Territory.

    (3)     In this section:

"conduct" means an act or omission to do an act.

"protected person "means—

        (a)     a police officer or other official exercising a function under this division; or

        (b)     a person accompanying a police officer exercising a function under this division.