# Protection of persons when acts done in good faith

> reg-5.35D — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

5.35D Protection of persons when acts done in good faith
          (1) An action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, does not lie, in respect of
              anything done in the exercise of a power under this Division to restrain an
              individual, against the Commonwealth, an officer or an individual assisting an
              officer if the officer or individual who does the thing acts in good faith and does
              not contravene regulation 5.35B.
          (2) An action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, does not lie against an
              individual who, at the request of an officer under subregulation 5.35C(4),
              conducts a search under that subregulation if the individual acts in good faith and
              does not contravene subregulation 5.35C(5).