# Liability for identification tests

> act-s487 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

487 Liability for identification tests
               No civil or criminal liability is incurred, by a person who carries
               out or helps to carry out an identification test under this Act, in
               respect of a thing done by the person if:
                 (a) it was properly and necessarily done in good faith in carrying
                     out or helping to carry out the identification test; and
                 (b) the person believed on reasonable grounds that the
                     identification test was carried out in accordance with this
                     Act.
               Note:      This section does not provide any protection in respect of action taken
                          maliciously.