South Australian Current Acts

CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1936 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.

• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.

Formerly

Wrongs Act 1936

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
1936	2267	Wrongs Act 1936	13.8.1936	13.8.1936
1939	18	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1939	22.11.1939	22.11.1939
1940	48	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1940	28.11.1940	28.11.1940
1944	14	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1944	23.11.1944	23.11.1944
1951	50	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1951	13.12.1951	13.12.1951
1952	42	Statute Law Revision Act 1952	4.12.1952	4.12.1952
1956	17	Limitation of Actions and Wrongs Acts Amendment Act 1956	8.11.1956	8.11.1956
1956	49	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1956	22.11.1956	22.11.1956
1958	58	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1958	27.11.1958	27.11.1958
1959	38	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1959	10.12.1959	10.12.1959
1972	19	Statutes Amendment (Law of Property and Wrongs) Act 1972	30.3.1972	18.5.1972 (Gazette 18.5.1972 p1926)
1972	58	Statutes Amendment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972	27.4.1972	18.5.1972 (Gazette 18.5.1972 p1926)
1974	70	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1974	17.10.1974	28.11.1974 (Gazette 28.11.1974 p3373)
1975	118	Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1975	4.12.1975	4.12.1975
1975	119	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1975	4.12.1975	29.1.1976 (Gazette 29.1.1976 p356)
1983	87	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1983	1.12.1983	1.12.1983
1983	116	Wrongs Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983	22.12.1983	22.12.1983
1986	126	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1986	24.12.1986	8.2.1987 (Gazette 5.2.1987 p250)
1987	45	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1987	30.4.1987	5.7.1987 (Gazette 28.5.1987 p1384)
1988	41	Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1988	5.5.1988	8.2.1987: s 2
1991	38	Wrongs Amendment Act 1991	31.10.1991	31.10.1991
1993	5	Statutes Amendment (Motor Vehicles and Wrongs) Act 1993	4.3.1993	3.5.1993 (Gazette 29.4.1993 p1476)
1993	62	Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1993	27.5.1993	s 42—28.10.1993 (Gazette 27.10.1993 p1892)
1994	21	Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 1994	26.5.1994	7.7.1994 (Gazette 7.7.1994 p4)
1994	30	Passenger Transport Act 1994	26.5.1994	Sch 4—1.7.1994 (Gazette 30.6.1994 p1843)
1994	59	Criminal Law Consolidation (Felonies and Misdemeanours) Amendment Act 1994	27.10.1994	1.1.1995 (Gazette 8.12.1994 p1942)
1996	92	Racial Vilification Act 1996	12.12.1996	6.7.1998 (Gazette 2.7.1998 p9)
1997	30	Statutes Amendment (References to Banks) Act 1997	12.6.1997	Pt 13 (s 19)—3.7.1997 (Gazette 3.7.1997 p4)
1997	53	Non-Metropolitan Railways (Transfer) Act 1997	31.7.1997	11.9.1997 (Gazette 11.9.1997 p703)
1998	67	Statutes Amendment (Motor Accidents) Act 1998	17.9.1998	Pt 3 (s 13) and Pt 4 (s 14)—29.10.1998 (Gazette 17.9.1998 p902)
1999	33	Financial Sector Reform (South Australia) Act 1999	17.6.1999	Sch (item 64)—1.7.1999 being the date specified under s 3(16) of the Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999 of the Commonwealth as the transfer date for the purposes of that Act: s 2(2)
2000	8	Wrongs (Damage by Aircraft) Amendment Act 2000	20.4.2000	9.11.2000 (Gazette 9.11.2000 p3004)
2001	41	Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of Liability) Act 2001	3.8.2001	s 9(1)—16.8.2001 (Gazette 16.8.2001 p3046)
2002	21	Wrongs (Liability and Damages for Personal Injury) Amendment Act 2002	12.9.2002	1.12.2002 (Gazette 28.11.2002 p4293)
2002	38	Law Reform (Delay in Resolution of Personal Injury Claims) Act 2002	28.11.2002	s 4—10.3.2003 (Gazette 13.2.2003 p581)
2003	44	Statute Law Revision Act 2003	23.10.2003	Sch 1—24.11.2003 (Gazette 13.11.2003 p4048)
2004	9	Law Reform (Ipp Recommendations) Act 2004	8.4.2004	Pt 2 (ss 4—72)—1.5.2004 (Gazette 29.4.2004 p1172)
2005	50	Defamation Act 2005	27.10.2005	Sch 1 (cll 2 & 3)—1.1.2006: s 2
2005	78	Dust Diseases Act 2005	8.12.2005	Sch 1 (cl 1)—8.2.2006: s 2
2006	43	Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006	14.12.2006	Pt 15 (ss 42—51)—1.6.2007 (Gazette 26.4.2007 p1352)
2006	44	Statutes Amendment (Justice Portfolio) Act 2006	14.12.2006	Pt 6 (ss 8—10)—18.1.2007 (Gazette 18.1.2007 p234)
2008	51	Civil Liability (Food Donors and Distributors) Amendment Act 2008	11.12.2008	12.12.2008 (Gazette 11.12.2008 p5474)
2009	39	Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Fair Trading) Act 2009	23.7.2009	Pt 3 (ss 7 & 8)—1.1.2011 (Gazette 9.12.2010 p5580)
2013	15	Motor Vehicle Accidents (Lifetime Support Scheme) Act 2013	23.5.2013	Sch 2 (cll 2—8, 21 & 23)—1.7.2013 (Gazette 20.6.2013 p2629)
2014	16	Return to Work Act 2014	6.11.2014	Sch 9 (cl 3)—1.7.2015 (Gazette 4.12.2014 p6610)
2014	19	Civil Liability (Disclosure of Information) Amendment Act 2014	27.11.2014	2.10.2015 (Gazette 10.9.2015 p4221)
2016	28	Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 2016	16.6.2016	Pt 3 (s 5)—16.6.2016: s 2(1)
2017	13	Statutes Amendment (Registered Relationships) Act 2017	26.4.2017	Pt 4 (s 8)—1.8.2017 (Gazette 1.8.2017 p3039)
2021	52	Civil Liability (Institutional Child Abuse Liability) Amendment Act 2021	9.12.2021	1.8.2022 (Gazette 28.7.2022 p2373)
2022	6	Civil Liability (BYO Containers) Amendment Act 2022	14.7.2022	14.7.2022
2023	4	Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio and Other Justice Measures) Act 2023	23.2.2023	Pt 4 (s 7)—22.6.2023 (Gazette 15.6.2023 p1774)

Provisions amended since 3 February 1976

• Legislative history prior to 3 February 1976 appears in marginal notes and footnotes included in the consolidation of this Act contained in Volume 11 of The Public General Acts of South Australia 1837-1975 at page 642.

New entries appear in bold.

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision	How varied	Commencement
Pt 1
Pt 1 heading	Pt A1 heading inserted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
	Pt 1 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 4	1.5.2004
	Pt A1 heading renumbered Pt 1 heading under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.5.2004
s 1	substituted by 9/2004 s 5	1.5.2004
s 2	substituted by 9/2004 s 6	1.5.2004
s 3	substituted by 116/1983 s 2	22.12.1983
	deleted by 9/2004 s 7	1.5.2004
s 3	s 3A redesignated as s 3 by 9/2004 s 8(6)	1.5.2004
s 3(1)	s 3 redesignated as s 3(1) by 15/2013 Sch 2(3)	1.7.2013
accident	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(1)	1.5.2004
consequential mental harm	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
Consumer Price Index	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
contributory negligence	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
damages	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
domestic partner	inserted by 43/2006 s 42(1)	1.6.2007
	substituted by 13/2017 s 8(1)	1.8.2017
drive	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
duty of care	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
harm	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
health care service	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
intoxicated	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
the judgment first given	deleted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
medical expenses	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
mental harm	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
motor accident	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
	amended by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 2(1)	1.7.2013
motor vehicle	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
MVA motor accident	inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 2(2)	1.7.2013
negligence	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(2)	1.5.2004
newspaper	deleted by 50/2005 Sch 1 cl 2	1.1.2006
non-economic loss	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(3)	1.5.2004
obvious risk	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(3)	1.5.2004
passenger compartment	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(4)	1.5.2004
personal injury or injury	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(4)	1.5.2004
precaution	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(4)	1.5.2004
prescribed discount rate	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(4)	1.5.2004
prescribed maximum	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(4)	1.5.2004
prescribed minimum	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(4)	1.5.2004
pure mental harm	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(4)	1.5.2004
putative spouse	deleted by 43/2006 s 42(2)	1.6.2007
registered relationship	inserted by 13/2017 s 8(2)	1.8.2017
spouse	substituted by 43/2006 s 42(3)	1.6.2007
State average weekly earnings	inserted by 9/2004 s 8(5)	1.5.2004
s 3(2)	inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 2(3)	1.7.2013
s 3B	inserted by 116/1983 s 3	22.12.1983
	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	10.3.2003
s 4	inserted by 9/2004 s 9	1.5.2004
s 4(3)	deleted by 39/2009 s 7	1.1.2011
s 4(4)	amended by 16/2014 Sch 9 cl 3	1.7.2015
Pt 2 before deletion by 50/2005
Pt 2 heading	Pt 1 heading deleted and Pt 2 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 10	1.5.2004
s 6	amended by 116/1983 s 4	22.12.1983
s 7
s 7(1)	amended by 116/1983 s 5	22.12.1983
	amended by 30/1997 s 19	3.7.1997
	amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 64)	1.7.1999
s 8	amended by 116/1983 s 6	22.12.1983
s 10
s 10(1)	amended by 116/1983 s 7	22.12.1983
s 11	amended by 116/1983 s 8	22.12.1983
s 14	amended by 116/1983 s 9	22.12.1983
Pt 2	deleted by 50/2005 Sch 1 cl 3	1.1.2006
Pt 3	Pt 1A comprising s 17A and heading inserted by 116/1983 s 10	22.12.1983
Pt 3 heading	Pt 1A heading deleted and Pt 3 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 11	1.5.2004
s 18	s 17A redesignated as s 18 by 9/2004 s 12	1.5.2004
Pt 4	Pt 1B comprising s 17B—17E and heading inserted by 45/1987 s 3	5.7.1987
Pt 4 heading	Pt 1B heading deleted and Pt 4 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 13	1.5.2004
s 19	s 17B redesignated as s 19 by 9/2004 s 14	1.5.2004
s 20	s 17C redesignated as s 20 by 9/2004 s 15	1.5.2004
s 21	s 17D redesignated as s 21 by 9/2004 s 16	1.5.2004
s 22	s 17E redesignated as s 22 by 9/2004 s 17	1.5.2004
Pt 5
Pt 5 heading	Pt 2 heading deleted and Pt 5 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 18	1.5.2004
s 23	s 19 amended by 59/1994 Sch 2	1.1.1995
	s 19 redesignated as s 23 by 9/2004 s 19	1.5.2004
s 24	s 20 redesignated as s 24 by 9/2004 s 20(2)	1.5.2004
s 24(1)	amended by 43/2006 s 43(1)	1.6.2007
s 24(2)	s 20(2) substituted by 9/2004 s 20(1)	1.5.2004
s 24(2aa)	s 20(2aa)(i)—(v) redesignated as s 20(2aa)(a)—(e) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
	amended by 78/2005 Sch 1 cl 1	8.2.2006
s 24(4)	amended by 43/2006 s 43(2)	1.6.2007
s 24(7)	amended by 43/2006 s 43(3), (4)	1.6.2007
s 25	s 21 redesignated as s 25 by 9/2004 s 21	1.5.2004
s 26	s 22 redesignated as s 26 by 9/2004 s 22	1.5.2004
s 27	s 23 redesignated as s 27 by 9/2004 s 23(2)	1.5.2004
s 27(1)	s 23(1) amended by 9/2004 s 23(1)	1.5.2004
s 28	s 23A redesignated as s 28 by 9/2004 s 24	1.5.2004
s 28(1)	amended by 44/2006 s 8	18.1.2007
s 29	s 23B redesignated as s 29 by 9/2004 s 25	1.5.2004
s 29(1)	amended by 44/2006 s 9	18.1.2007
	amended by 43/2006 s 44(1)	1.6.2007
s 29(2)	amended by 43/2006 s 44(2)—(4)	1.6.2007
s 29(3)	amended by 43/2006 s 44(5)	1.6.2007
s 29(4)	substituted by 43/2006 s 44(6)	1.6.2007
s 30	s 23C redesignated as s 30 by 9/2004 s 26(5)	1.5.2004
s 30(1)	s 23C(1) amended by 9/2004 s 26(1)	1.5.2004
	amended by 43/2006 s 45	1.6.2007
s 30(2)	s 23C(2) amended by 9/2004 s 26(2)	1.5.2004
s 30(3)	s 23C(3) amended by 9/2004 s 26(3)	1.5.2004
s 30(4)	s 23C(4) amended by 59/1994 Sch 2	1.1.1995
	s 23C(4) amended by 9/2004 s 26(4)	1.5.2004
Pt 6	inserted by 9/2004 s 27	1.5.2004
s 38
s 38(2)	amended by 39/2009 s 8	1.1.2011
Pt 7	inserted by 9/2004 s 27	1.5.2004
s 46	s 24J redesignated as s 46 by 9/2004 s 40(2)	1.5.2004
s 46(2)	s 24J(2) amended by 9/2004 s 40(1)	1.5.2004
s 47	s 24K redesignated as s 47 by 9/2004 s 41	1.5.2004
s 48	s 24L redesignated as s 48 by 9/2004 s 41	1.5.2004
s 49	s 24M redesignated as s 49 by 9/2004 s 41	1.5.2004
s 50	s 24N redesignated as s 50 by 9/2004 s 41	1.5.2004
Pts 7A and 7B	inserted by 52/2021 s 4	1.8.2022
Pt 8	Pt 2A comprising ss 24—24O and headings inserted by 21/2002 s 3	1.12.2002
Pt 8 heading	Pt 2A heading deleted and Pt 8 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 28	1.5.2004
Pt 8 Div 1	Pt 2A Div 1 deleted by 9/2004 s 29	1.5.2004
s 51	inserted by 9/2004 s 29	1.5.2004
Pt 8 Div 2 heading	Pt 2A Div 2 heading deleted by 9/2004 s 30	1.5.2004
s 52	s 24B redesignated as s 52 by 9/2004 s 31	1.5.2004
s 52(2)	amended by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl  3(1)	1.7.2013
s 52(3)—(8)	inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 3(2)	1.7.2013
s 24C	deleted by 9/2004 s 32	1.5.2004
s 53	inserted by 9/2004 s 32	1.5.2004
s 53(1)	amended by 43/2006 s 46	1.6.2007
s 54	s 24D redesignated as s 54 by 9/2004 s 33(2)	1.5.2004
s 54(3)	inserted by 9/2004 s 33(1)	1.5.2004
s 55	s 24E redesignated as s 55 by 9/2004 s 34	1.5.2004
s 56	s 24F redesignated as s 56 by 9/2004 s 35	1.5.2004
s 56A	inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 4	1.7.2013
s 57	s 24G redesignated as s 57 by 9/2004 s 36	1.5.2004
s 58	s 24H redesignated as s 58 by 9/2004 s 37	1.5.2004
s 58(1)—(3)	amended by 43/2006 s 47	1.6.2007
s 58(4)—(6)	inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 5	1.7.2013
ss 58A and 58B	inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 6	1.7.2013
Pt 8 Div 3 heading	Pt 2A Div 3 heading deleted by 9/2004 s 38	1.5.2004
s 24I	deleted by 9/2004 s 39	1.5.2004
ss 24J—24N—see ss 46—50
Pt 8 Div 4	Pt 2A Div 4 deleted by 9/2004 s 42	1.5.2004
Pt 9
Pt 9 heading	Pt 3 heading deleted and Pt 9 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 43	1.5.2004
Pt 3 Div 1 heading	heading preceding s 24 deleted and Pt 3 Div 1 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	deleted by 41/2001 s 9(1)	16.8.2001
s 24	amended by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	deleted by 41/2001 s 9(1)	16.8.2001
ss 25—27	deleted by 41/2001 s 9(1)	16.8.2001
Pt 3 Div 2 heading	heading preceding s 27A deleted and Pt 3 Div 2 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	deleted by 41/2001 s 9(1)	16.8.2001
s 27A	amended by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	deleted by 41/2001 s 9(1)	16.8.2001
s 27B	deleted by 41/2001 s 9(1)	16.8.2001
Pt 9 Div 1
Pt 9 Div 1 heading	heading preceding s 27C and Pt 3 Div 3 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	Pt 3 Div 3 heading deleted and Pt 9 Div 1 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 44	1.5.2004
s 59	s 27C redesignated as s 59 by 9/2004 s 45	1.5.2004
Pt 3 Div 4	deleted by 9/2004 s 46	1.5.2004
Pt 3 Div 4 heading	heading preceding s 28 deleted and Pt 3 Div 4 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
Pt 9 Div 2
Pt 9 Div 2 heading	heading preceding s 29 deleted and Pt 3 Div 5 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	Pt 3 Div 5 heading redesignated as Pt 9 Div 2 heading by 9/2004 s 47	1.5.2004
s 60	s 29 redesignated as s 60 by 9/2004 s 48	1.5.2004
Pt 9 Div 3	Pt 3 Div 6 inserted by 8/2000 s 3	9.11.2000
	Pt 3 Div 6 redesignated as Pt 9 Div 3 by 9/2004 s 49	1.5.2004
s 61	s 29A redesignated as s 61 by 9/2004 s 50	1.5.2004
s 62	s 29B redesignated as s 62 by 9/2004 s 51	1.5.2004
Pt 9 Div 4
Pt 9 Div 4 heading	heading preceding s 30 deleted and Pt 3 Div 7 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	Pt 3 Div 7 heading redesignated as Pt 9 Div 4 heading by 9/2004 s 52	1.5.2004
s 63	s 30 redesignated as s 63 by 9/2004 s 53	1.5.2004
s 31 and heading	deleted by 116/1983 s 11	22.12.1983
Pt 9 Div 5
Pt 9 Div 5 heading	heading preceding s 32 deleted and Pt 3 Div 8 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	Pt 3 Div 8 heading redesignated as Pt 9 Div 5 heading by 9/2004 s 54	1.5.2004
	amended by 43/2006 s 48	1.6.2007
s 64	s 32 redesignated as s 64 by 9/2004 s 55	1.5.2004
s 64(3)	substituted by 4/2023 s 7	22.6.2023
s 65	s 33 redesignated as s 65 by 9/2004 s 56	1.5.2004
	substituted by 43/2006 s 49	1.6.2007
s 65(1)	s 65 redesignated as s 65(1) by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 7	1.7.2013
s 65(2)	inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 7	1.7.2013
s 66	s 34 redesignated as s 66 by 9/2004 s 57	1.5.2004
s 66(1)	amended by 43/2006 s 50(1), (2)	1.6.2007
s 66(2)
injury	amended by 43/2006 s 50(3)	1.6.2007
Pt 9 Div 6	inserted by 9/2004 s 58	1.5.2004
Pt 9 Div 7
Pt 9 Div 7 heading	heading preceding s 35 deleted and Pt 3 Div 9 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	Pt 3 Div 9 heading redesignated as Pt 3 Div 7 heading by 9/2004 s 59	1.5.2004
s 68	s 35 redesignated as s 68 by 9/2004 s 60	1.5.2004
Pt 3 Div 10	inserted by 126/1986 s 3	8.2.1987
	amended by 41/1988 s 3	8.2.1987
	amended by 38/1991 s 2	31.10.1991
	amended by 5/1993 s 18	3.5.1993
	amended by 62/1993 s 42	28.10.1993
	amended by 21/1994 s 31	7.7.1994
	amended by 30/1994 Sch 4 cl 2(e)	1.7.1994
	amended by 53/1997 s 12	11.9.1997
	amended by 67/1998 s 13	29.10.1998
	amended by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	deleted by 21/2002 s 4	1.12.2002
Pt 9 Div 8	Pt 3 Div 10A inserted by 38/2002 s 4	10.3.2003
	Pt 3 Div 10A redesignated as Pt 9 Div 8 by 9/2004 s 61	1.5.2004
s 69	s 35B redesignated as s 69 by 9/2004 s 62	1.5.2004
dependant	amended by 44/2006 s 10	18.1.2007
s 70	s 35C redesignated as s 70 by 9/2004 s 63	1.5.2004
s 71	s 35D redesignated as s 71 by 9/2004 s 64	1.5.2004
Pt 9 Div 9
Heading preceding s 36	inserted by 87/1983 s 2	1.12.1983
	deleted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
Pt 9 Div 9 heading	Pt 3 Div 11 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	Pt 3 Div 11 heading redesignated as Pt 9 Div 9 heading by 9/2004 s 65	1.5.2004
s 72	s 36 inserted by 87/1983 s 2	1.12.1983
	s 36 redesignated as s 72 by 9/2004 s 66	1.5.2004
Pt 9 Div 10
Heading preceding s 37	inserted by 92/1996 s 7	6.7.1998
	deleted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
Pt 9 Div 10 heading	Pt 3 Div 12 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch)	9.11.2000
	Pt 3 Div 12 heading redesignated as Pt 9 Div 10 heading by 9/2004 s 67	1.5.2004
s 73	s 37 inserted by 92/1996 s 7	6.7.1998
	s 37 redesignated as s 73 by 9/2004 s 68	1.5.2004
Pt 9 Div 11	Pt 3 Div 13 inserted by 21/2002 s 5	1.12.2002
	Pt 3 Div 13 redesignated as Pt 9 Div 11 by 9/2004 s 69	1.5.2004
s 74	s 38 redesignated as s 74 by 9/2004 s 70	1.5.2004
Pt 9 Div 11A	inserted by 51/2008 s 4	12.12.2008
Pt 9 Div 11B	inserted by 6/2022 s 2	14.7.2022
Pt 9 Div 12 before substitution by 28/2016	Pt 3 Div 14 inserted by 21/2002 s 5	1.12.2002
	Pt 3 Div 14 redesignated as Pt 9 Div 12 by 9/2004 s 71	1.5.2004
s 75	s 39 redesignated as s 75 by 9/2004 s 72	1.5.2004
Pt 9 Div 12	substituted by 28/2016 s 5	16.6.2016
Pt 9 Div 12A	inserted by 19/2014 s 4	2.10.2015
Pt 9 Div 13	inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 8	1.7.2013

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1986

4—Transitional provision

The amendments made by this Act do not affect a cause of action that arose before the commencement of this Act.

Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1987

4—Operation of this Act

This Act does not affect a cause of action that arose before its commencement and does not give rise to a cause of action in relation to an event that occurred before its commencement.

Statutes Amendment (Motor Vehicles and Wrongs) Act 1993

19—Transitional provision

The amendments made by this Act do not affect a cause of action, right or liability that arose before the commencement of this Act.

Statutes Amendment (Motor Accidents) Act 1998

14—Transitional provision

(1) An amendment made by this Act does not affect a cause of action, right or liability that arose before the commencement of the amendment.

(2) However, subsection (1) does not derogate from the operation of section 105 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959.

Wrongs (Liability and Damages for Personal Injury) Amendment Act 2002

6—Transitional provision

(1) The amendments made by sections 3 and 4 of this Act are applicable to an action in which damages are claimed for personal injury if the accident out of which the action arises occurs on or after the commencement of those sections.

(2) If the accident out of which the action arises occurred before the commencement of sections 3 and 4 of this Act, the principal Act (if relevant to the action) applies as if the amendments made by those sections had not been made.

Example—

Suppose that A was exposed to asbestos in 1986 but is not diagnosed with asbestosis until 2004. The assessment of A's damages for personal injury would be determined in accordance with the law that applied before the commencement of sections 3 and 4 of the Wrongs Act (Liability and Assessment of Damages for Personal Injury) Amendment Act 2002.

7—Report on implications of these amendments

As soon as practicable after the expiration of 2 years from the commencement of this Act, the Economic and Finance Committee must investigate and report to the Parliament on the effect of the amendments on the availability and cost of public liability insurance.

Law Reform (Ipp Recommendations) Act 2004, Sch 1

1—Transitional provision

(1) The amendments made by the Law Reform (Ipp Recommendations) Act 2004 (the Ipp Recommendations Act) are intended to apply only prospectively.

(2) If a cause of action that is based wholly or partly on an event that occurred before the commencement of the Ipp Recommendations Act arises after the commencement of the Ipp Recommendations Act, it will be determined as if the amendments had not been enacted.

Example—

Suppose that A was exposed to asbestos in 1990 but a resultant illness is not diagnosed until after the commencement of the Ipp Recommendations Act. An action is then brought in negligence in which damages are claimed for personal injury. The amendments made by the Ipp Recommendations Act would not affect the determination of liability or the assessment of damages.

(3) As soon as practicable after the expiration of 3 years from the commencement of this Schedule, the Economic and Finance Committee must investigate and report to the Parliament on the effect of the Ipp Recommendations Act on the availability and cost of insurance to persons.

Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006

51—Transitional provision

An amendment made by this Act to the Civil Liability Act 1936 applies only in relation to a cause of action that arises after the commencement of this section.

Motor Vehicle Accidents (Lifetime Support Scheme) Act 2013, Sch 2

21—Civil Liability Act—transitional provisions

(1) In this clause—

principal Act means the Civil Liability Act 1936.

(2) An amendment made by this Act—

(a) that amends section 52, 58 or 65 of the principal Act; or

(b) that inserts section 56A, 58A or 58B into the principal Act,

does not affect a cause of action, right or liability that arose before the commencement of the amendment.

(3) Section 58A of the principal Act (as inserted by this Act) applies in relation to a person who is a participant in the Scheme under this Act in respect of a motor vehicle injury that results from an MVA motor accident (as defined by the principal Act) occurring on or after the commencement of section 5 of this Act.

(4) Subclauses (2) and (3) do not derogate from the operation of section 105 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959.

(5) To avoid doubt, section 76(14) of the principal Act (as enacted by this Act) does not apply in relation to a regulation that prescribes the injury scale values that are to apply on the commencement of section 52(3) of the principal Act (as enacted by this Act).

23—Contribution to liabilities of Authority—transitional provisions

(1) The Treasurer may, after consultation with MAC and the Authority, determine an amount that (in the opinion of the Treasurer) represents the amount derived by MAC from premiums in respect of policies of insurance under Part 4 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 in respect of any treatment, care and support needs of persons who become participants in the Scheme under this Act after the commencement of the Scheme and the commencement of section 58A of the Civil Liability Act 1936 (as inserted by this Act), including so as to provide an amount with respect to unexpended risk reserves held by MAC that are attributable to road accidents for which provision is made but for which liability does not eventually arise.

(2) The Treasurer may make a determination under subclause (1)—

(a) in respect of past and future premiums payable under Part 4 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 (applying such estimates as the Treasurer thinks fit); and

(b) on the basis of—

(i) estimates with respect to reductions in the liability and financial requirements of MAC in the future; and

(ii) estimates with respect to the liabilities and financial requirements of the Authority under this Act in the future,

and after taking into account such other matters as the Treasurer thinks fit.

(3) An amount determined by the Treasurer under subclause (1) will be payable by MAC (from out of the Compulsory Third Party Fund established under Part 4 of the Motor Accident Commission Act 1992) to the Authority (for payment into the Lifetime Support Scheme Fund established under Part 7 of this Act) at a time determined by the Treasurer after consultation with MAC and the Authority.

(4) This clause operates despite any provision in the Motor Accident Commission Act 1992 about payments into or out of the Compulsory Third Party Fund.

(5) In this clause—

MAC means the Motor Accident Commission.

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—31.10.1991
Reprint No 2—3.5.1993
Reprint No 3—28.10.1993
Reprint No 4—7.7.1994
Reprint No 5—1.1.1995
Reprint No 6—3.7.1997
Reprint No 7—11.9.1997
Reprint No 8—6.7.1998
Reprint No 9—29.10.1998
Reprint No 10—1.7.1999
Reprint No 11—9.11.2000
Reprint No 12—16.8.2001
Reprint No 13—1.12.2002
Reprint No 14—10.3.2003
Reprint No 15—24.11.2003
1.5.2004
1.1.2006
8.2.2006
18.1.2007
1.6.2007
12.12.2008
1.1.2011
1.7.2013
1.7.2015
2.10.2015
16.6.2016
1.8.2017
14.7.2022
1.8.2022