Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 - REG 418

    (1)     A pleading must not claim an amount for unliquidated damages.

    (2)     However, a pleading in a proceeding in the Magistrates Court may claim an amount for unliquidated damages if—

        (a)     the claim is for the recovery of 1 or more of the following if it is or they were a consequence of damage alleged to have happened because of the defendant's negligence:

              (i)     the cost of repairing a motor vehicle;

              (ii)     a motor vehicle's value, less any salvage value;

              (iii)     the cost of towing a motor vehicle; or

        (b)     the claim is for the recovery of 1 or both of the following if it is or they were a consequence of damage alleged to have happened because of the defendant's negligence in driving, riding or controlling a motor vehicle:

              (i)     the cost of repairing property;

              (ii)     property's value, less any salvage value.

    (3)     In this rule:

"property "does not include a motor vehicle.