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CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 - SECT 5AH

5AH .         Effect of apology on liability

        (1)         An apology made by or on behalf of a person in connection with any incident giving rise to a claim for damages —

            (a)         does not constitute an express or implied admission of fault or liability by the person in connection with that incident; and

            (b)         is not relevant to the determination of fault or liability in connection with that incident.

        (2)         Evidence of an apology made by or on behalf of a person in connection with any incident alleged to have been caused by the person is not admissible in any civil proceeding as evidence of the fault or liability of the person in connection with that incident.

        [Section 5AH inserted: No. 58 of 2003 s. 8.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 58 of 2003 s. 9.]



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