s 4A Protection from personal liability
4A.—(1) Subsection (2) applies where an act is done or omission is made —(a) by the Director or any public officer appointed under section 3(3)(a) in the exercise or purported exercise of a function under this Act (except the provision of any legal advice or legal representation to an aided person in any proceedings to which a Grant of Aid relates); (b) by an appointed solicitor in the exercise or purported exercise of a function under section 4(1) (including, if applicable, in discharging a duty of a solicitor mentioned in section 4(6)); (c) by an appointed solicitor who is a member of a board mentioned in section 8(1)(b)(ii) in the exercise or purported exercise of the function under that provision (including, if applicable, in discharging a duty of a solicitor mentioned in section 4(6)); or (d) by a person authorised by the Minister under section 8(5), in the exercise or purported exercise of the power under section 8(4)(b). (2) No liability shall lie personally against any person mentioned in subsection (1) who did the act or made the omission, if the act was done or the omission was made in good faith and with reasonable care. (3) In subsection (1) —“appointed solicitor” means a solicitor appointed to the panel of solicitors mentioned in section 4(1); “exercise of a function” includes the performance of a duty.[Act 32 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025]