Section 277 — Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021: Protection of persons involved in handling etc. complaints

(1) In exercising powers or performing functions under paragraph 144(2)(d) and subsection 145(1), or assisting in exercising those powers or performing those functions, a complaint handler has the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court. (2) In authorising a person or body under subsection 145(2), the Chief Judge has the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court. (3) A witness requested to attend, or appearing, before a complaint handler handling a complaint has the same protection, and is subject to the same liabilities in a proceeding, as a witness in a case tried by the High Court. (4) A legal practitioner assisting, or appearing on behalf of a person before, a complaint handler handling a complaint has the same protection and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the High Court.