##### 35AAB  Liability - \(1\) An entity is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith in compliance with a direction under subsection 32\(2\)\. - \(2\) An officer, employee or agent of an entity is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith in connection with an act done or omitted by the entity as mentioned in subsection \(1\) of this section\. - \(3\) If: - \(a\) an entity is or was subject to a direction under subsection 32\(2\); and - \(b\) the entity is or was a member of a related company group; then: - \(c\) another member of the related company group is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith for the purposes of ensuring or facilitating compliance with the direction; and - \(d\) an officer, employee or agent of another member of the related company group is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith for the purposes of ensuring or facilitating compliance with the direction\. - \(4\) If: - \(a\) an entity \(the first entity\) is or was subject to a direction under subsection 32\(2\); and - \(b\) another entity \(the contracted service provider\) is or was: - \(i\) a party to a contract with the first entity; and - \(ii\) responsible under the contract for the provision of services to the first entity; then: - \(c\) the contracted service provider is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith for the purposes of ensuring or facilitating compliance with the direction; and - \(d\) an officer, employee or agent of the contracted service provider is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith for the purposes of ensuring or facilitating compliance with the direction\. ## Part 3A—Responding to serious incidents ### Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part --- ## Source and attribution Saved copy: C2018A00029 / C2026C00213 / f578e546a17068939a3a5a928474713f844dfae8 Scope: navPoint\_168 Compiled 2026\-06\-04\. This does not establish legal commencement\. Official source: https://www\.legislation\.gov\.au/C2018A00029/2026\-06\-04/2026\-06\-04/text/1/epub/OEBPS/document\_1/document\_1\.html Licence: https://creativecommons\.org/licenses/by/4\.0/ Based on content from the Federal Register of Legislation at 1 October 2026\. For the latest information on Australian Government legislation please go to https://www\.legislation\.gov\.au\. Converted XHTML into Tiptap JSON; recovered lists from paragraph classes; kept literal labels and text\. Print layout is changed\. The Commonwealth Coat of Arms is not covered by the CC BY licence\.