Financial Sector Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 (116 of 2003)

Schedule 2   Banking Act 1959

26   Section 70A

Repeal the section, substitute:

70A Protection from liability

(1) A person is not subject to any liability to any person in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, in good faith and without negligence in the exercise or performance, or the purported exercise or performance, of powers, functions or duties under this Act.

(2) To avoid doubt, any information provided by a person to APRA under section 16C is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be provided in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under this Act.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person referred to in section 58 of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 and, to avoid doubt, does not affect the operation of that section.