Payment Times Reporting Act 2020

PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS  

Division 4 - Other matters  

SECTION 57   PROTECTION AGAINST CIVIL LIABILITY  

57(1)    
This section applies to:

(a)    the Commonwealth; and

(aa)    the Minister; and

(b)    the Regulator; and

(c)    a delegate of the Regulator (see section 27 ); and

(d)    an APS employee in the Department who has been made available to assist the Regulator.

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57(2)    
No action for defamation, breach of confidence or infringement of copyright lies against a person mentioned in subsection (1) for or in relation to an act done or omitted to be done in good faith:

(a)    in the performance or purported performance of any functions under this Act; or

(b)    in the exercise or purported exercise of any powers under this Act.