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Crown Entities Act 2004

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

126: Definitions for protections from liability

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"What special words mean to help keep people safe from being sued"

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When you read sections 120 to 125, you need to know what some words mean. The word "effect insurance" means paying the costs of the insurance, either directly or indirectly. You can pay these costs in different ways.

The word "employee" includes someone who used to work for an organisation but does not work there anymore. The word "entity's functions" includes any job that a law gives to a person in an organisation. This job can be given to a member, office holder, or employee of the organisation.

The phrase "excluded act or omission" means doing something or not doing something in good faith, while trying to do your job for the organisation. The word "indemnify" means relieving someone from being liable, which means they do not have to pay for something, either before or after the problem happens. The word "indemnity" means the same thing as "indemnify".

The word "member" includes someone who used to be a member of an organisation but is not a member anymore. The word "office holder" includes someone who used to have a special job in an organisation but does not have that job anymore.

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

126Definitions for protections from liability

  1. In sections 120 to 125,—

    effect insurance includes pay, whether directly or indirectly, the costs of the insurance

      employee includes a person who was an employee at any time after the commencement of this Act but who is no longer an employee

        entity's functions includes any function that an Act confers separately on a member, office holder, or employee of the entity

          excluded act or omission means an act or omission by the member, office holder, or employee in good faith and in performance or intended performance of the entity's functions

            indemnify includes relieve or excuse from liability, whether before or after the liability arises, and indemnity has a corresponding meaning

              member includes a person who was a member at any time after the commencement of this Act but who is no longer a member

                office holder includes a person who was an office holder at any time after the commencement of this Act but who is no longer an office holder.