South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts68—Protections, privileges and immunities
(1) No liability attaches to the Commissioner, the Guardian, a member of the Committee, a member of the Council or any other person for any act or omission in good faith in the exercise or purported exercise of powers or functions under this or any other Act.
(2) Nothing in this Act affects the privileges, immunities or powers of the Legislative Council or House of Assembly or their committees or members.
(3) Nothing in this Act affects any rule or principle of law relating to—
(a) legal professional privilege; or
(b) "without prejudice" privilege; or
(c) public interest immunity.
(4) A person is excused from answering a question or producing a document or other material in connection with an inquiry if the person could not be compelled to answer the question or produce the document or material in proceedings in the Supreme Court.
(5) The Commissioner has, in connection with an inquiry under section 15
, the same protection, privileges and immunities as a Judge of the Supreme Court.
(6) A person who provides information or a document to an inquiry under this Act has the same protection, privileges and immunities as a witness in proceedings before the Supreme Court.
(7) A legal practitioner who represents a person in connection with an inquiry under this Act has the same protection, privileges, immunities and obligations as counsel involved in proceedings before the Supreme Court.
(8) A person who does anything in accordance with this Act, or as required or authorised by or under this Act, cannot by so doing be held to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, or to have departed from any acceptable form of professional conduct.