Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) For this part, "substantive law "includes each of the following, whether or not it would otherwise be regarded as procedural in nature:
(a) a law that establishes, modifies or extinguishes a cause of action or a defence to a cause of action;
(b) a law prescribing the time within which an action must be brought (including a law providing for the extension or shortening of that time);
(c) a law that provides for the limitation or exclusion of liability or the barring of a right of action if a proceeding on, or arbitration of, a claim is not begun within a stated time;
(d) a law that limits the kinds of injury, loss or damage for which damages or workers compensation may be recovered;
(e) a law that prevents the recovery of damages or compensation or limits the amount of damages or compensation that can be recovered;
(f) a law expressed as a presumption, or rule of evidence, that affects substantive rights;
(g) a provision of this chapter, and any other provision of this Act for the interpretation of this chapter;
(h) a provision of the law of another Territory or a State about damages for work-related injuries that is prescribed for this section by regulation.
Note State includes the Northern Territory (see Legislation Act
, dict, pt 1).
(2) However, "substantive law "does not include a law prescribing rules for choice of law.