Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00160:section:159
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00160
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 159
Character Range: 244652–245601

159  Protection from civil action
 (1) This section applies to the following:
 (a) the Minister;
 (b) the Digital ID Regulator;
 (c) a member of the Commission (within the meaning of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010);
 (d) an associate member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission;
 (e) a member of the staff of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission;
 (f) the System Administrator;
 (g) a person referred to in section 16 of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997;
 (h) the Digital ID Data Standards Chair;
 (i) the staff referred to in section 115 of this Act.
 (2) A person mentioned in subsection (1) is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for, or in relation to, an act done or omitted to be done in good faith by the person:
 (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.