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CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 - SECT 3A

3A .         Damages excluded from Act

        (1)         The provisions of this Act specified in the third column of an item in the Table to this subsection do not apply to damages of a class specified in the second column of that item or to claims for, or awards of, such damages.

Table

Item

Damages

Provisions that do not apply

1.

Damages relating to personal injury caused by —

            (a)         an unlawful intentional act that is done with an intention to cause personal injury to a person, whether or not a particular person; or

            (b)         an intentional act the doing of which is a sexual offence as defined in the Evidence Act 1906 section 36A or sexual conduct that is otherwise unlawful.

Parts 1A, 1C, 1CA, 1D, 1E and 2 (other than section 10A).

2.

Damages to which the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943 applies.

Parts 1C, 1E and 2 (other than section 10A and Division 4).

3.

Damages to which the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 Part IV Division 2 applies and the class of damages referred to in section 93B(3a) of that Act.

Parts 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E and 2 (other than section 10A and Division 4).

4.

Damages relating to personal injury that resulted from smoking or other use of tobacco products.

Parts 1A (other than sections 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D), 1B, 1D, 1E and 2 (other than section 10A and Division 4).

5.

Damages under the Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1961 (including the applied provisions as defined in that Act).

Parts 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F and 2.

6.

Damages relating to personal injury that resulted from the inhalation of asbestos.

Parts 1A (other than sections 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D), 1B, 1D, 1E and 2 (other than section 10A and Division 4).

        (2)         Regulations may amend the Table to subsection (1) by —

            (a)         adding an item comprising —

                  (i)         in the second column — a class of damages; and

                  (ii)         in the third column — provisions of this Act;

                or

            (b)         adding a provision of this Act to the third column of an item.

        [Section 3A inserted: No. 58 of 2003 s. 6; amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 174; No. 1 of 2011 s. 4.]



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