Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) An action in tort
does not lie against a person for anything that the person has done, in good
faith, in the performance or purported performance of a function under this
Act.
(2) The Crown is also
relieved of any liability that it might otherwise have had for another person
having done anything as described in subsection (1).
(3) The protection
given by this section applies even though the thing done as described in
subsection (1) may have been capable of being done whether or not this
Act had been enacted.
(4) In this section, a
reference to the doing of anything includes a reference to an omission to do
anything.
(5) A person who, in
relation to any investigation under Part 5 —
(a)
performs any function under that Part; or
(b) is
otherwise concerned in proceedings under that Part,
has, in respect of any
such function or concern, the same protection and immunity as a member or
officer of the Supreme Court, or a witness or party before the Supreme Court,
would have in respect of a function or concern of a like nature related to the
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.