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MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURIES ACT 2017 - SECT 5.6

Recovery of contribution to damages from person actually at fault

5.6 Recovery of contribution to damages from person actually at fault

(cf s 7G MACA)

(1) A person whose liability for damages in respect of the death of or injury to a person results from the person being deemed under this Part to be a person whose fault caused the death or injury is entitled to recover contribution in respect of that liability from a person (whether or not the driver of a motor vehicle) whose fault actually caused the death or injury.
(2) To avoid doubt, this section is intended to operate when a person is deemed to be the person at fault for causing a death or injury occasioned by a motor accident even though the accident itself is a no-fault motor accident.
Note--: The definition of
"no-fault motor accident" in section 5.1 is focused on the fault for causing a motor accident rather than the fault for causing death or injury occasioned by the accident.



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