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Crown Entities Act 2004

Operation of Crown entities - Statutory entities - Protections from liability of members, office holders, and employees

124: Saving of judicial protections from liability

You could also call this:

"Judges are protected from being sued when making decisions in groups, just like in court."

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If you are a Judge and you are appointed to a group that makes decisions, you have the same protections from being sued as you do when you are acting as a Judge. This means you are protected in the same way when you make decisions as part of the group as you are when you make decisions in court. You have the same immunities and limitations from liability, which helps keep you safe from being held responsible for things that might happen because of the decisions you make.

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Part 3Operation of Crown entities
Statutory entities: Protections from liability of members, office holders, and employees

124Saving of judicial protections from liability

  1. A Judge who is appointed as a member of a statutory entity has the same immunities and limitations or other protections from liability when acting as a member of that entity as he or she would have as a Judge.