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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Fees, offences and penalties, regulations, and other miscellaneous provisions - Offences

143: Protection from liability for supply of information

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"You're safe from being sued if you share information while doing your job honestly."

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You are protected if you give information as the Registrar-General or a delegate. You must be doing your job in good faith under this Act. This means you cannot be sued for giving out the information.

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Part 6Fees, offences and penalties, regulations, and other miscellaneous provisions
Offences

143Protection from liability for supply of information

  1. No action may be brought against the Registrar-General or a delegate of the Registrar-General for the disclosure or supply of information in good faith in the performance or exercise (or intended performance or exercise) of a function, duty, or power under this Act.

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