Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992

99A No proceedings against district inspectors or official visitors unless bad faith shown
  • (1) No civil proceedings may be brought against any district inspector or official visitor for any thing he or she may do or report or say in the course of the exercise or intended exercise of his or her powers, duties, or functions under this Act, unless it is shown that he or she acted in bad faith.

    (2) Nothing in this section affects the right of any person or organisation to apply, in accordance with law, for judicial review of a district inspector's or official visitor's powers, duties, or functions under this Act.

    Section 99A: inserted, on 1 April 2000, by section 53 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 140).