Queensland Consolidated Acts

CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2003 - SECT 52

52 Exemplary, punitive or aggravated damages can not be awarded

(1) A court can not award exemplary, punitive or aggravated damages in relation to a claim for personal injury damages.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a claim for personal injury damages if the act that caused the personal injury was—

(a) an unlawful intentional act done with intent to cause personal injury; or

(b) an unlawful sexual assault or other unlawful sexual misconduct.