CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002

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CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 - NOTES

- As at 25 September 2009 - Act 22 of 2002

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   4 February 2003
Reprint No 2   14 September 2004
Reprint No 3   22 August 2006
Reprint No 4   20 January 2009

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Civil Liability Act 2002 No 22. Second reading speech made: Legislative Assembly, 28.5.2002; Legislative Council, 4.6.2002. Assented to 18.6.2002. Date of commencement, 20.3.2002, sec 2. This Act has been amended as follows:

2002	No 92	Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002. Assented to 28.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 1 (except Sch 1 [1] to the extent that it inserts sec 5N, Sch 1 [4] and Sch 1 [5] to the extent that it inserts Part 4) and Sch 2, 6.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 249 of 6.12.2002, p 10529; date of commencement of Sch 1 [1] to the extent that it inserts sec 5N and Sch 1 [4], 10.1.2003, sec 2 and GG No 13 of 10.1.2003, p 95; date of commencement of Sch 1 [5] to the extent that it inserts Part 4, 1.12.2004, sec 2 and GG No 187 of 26.11.2004, p 8550.
2003	No 40	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 2.4, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Civil Liability Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 10.12.2003. Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 3, 19.12.2003, sec 2 and GG No 197 of 19.12.2003, p 11258; date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.12.2004, sec 2 and GG No 187 of 26.11.2004, p 8549.
2004	No 29	Civil Liability Amendment (Offender Damages) Act 2004. Assented to 13.5.2004. Date of commencement, 19.11.2004, sec 2 and GG No 183 of 19.11.2004, p 8503.
2005	No 9	Civil Liability Amendment (Offender Damages) Act 2005. Assented to 14.4.2005. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 16	Civil Liability Amendment (Food Donations) Act 2005. Assented to 18.5.2005. Date of commencement, 1.7.2005, sec 2 and GG No 77 of 24.6.2005, p 2951.
	No 73	Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 21.10.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 28.10.2005, sec 2 and GG No 132 of 28.10.2005, p 8934.
	No 76	Civil Liability Amendment (Offender Damages Trust Fund) Act 2005. Assented to 26.10.2005. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 77	Defamation Act 2005. Assented to 26.10.2005. Date of commencement, 1.1.2006, sec 2.
	No 98	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006	No 55	Civil Liability Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 20.6.2006. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 107	Crimes and Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 29.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1.5, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007	No 8	Mental Health Act 2007. Assented to 15.6.2007. Date of commencement, 16.11.2007, sec 2 and GG No 169 of 16.11.2007, p 8465.
	No 84	Civil Liability Amendment (Offender Damages) Act 2007. Assented to 7.12.2007. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 84	Civil Liability Legislation Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 5.11.2008. Date of commencement, 12.11.2008, sec 2 and GG No 145 of 12.11.2008, p 10921.
2009	No 49	NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009.

Table of amendments

Sec 3	Am 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [1] [2].
Sec 3A	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 3B	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [3]. Am 2006 No 55, Sch 1 [1]-[6]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.5 [1]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 3C	Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [1].
Sec 4	Subst 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [4].
Part 1A, heading	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [1].
Part 1A, Div 1, heading	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 5	Rep 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [4]. Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 5A	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [1].
Part 1A, Div 2 (secs 5B, 5C)	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [1].
Part 1A, Div 3	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 5D	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2003 No 40, Sch 2.4.
Sec 5E	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [1].
Part 1A, Divs 4-8 (secs 5F-5T)	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [1].
Secs 6-8	Rep 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [4].
Secs 9, 10	Rep 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [5].
Sec 11	Subst 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [5].
Sec 11A	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [5]. Am 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 14	Am 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [6].
Sec 15	Am 2006 No 55, Sch 1 [7] [8]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 15A	Ins 2006 No 55, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 15B	Ins 2006 No 55, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 15C (previously sec 15A)	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [2]. Renumbered 2006 No 55, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 16	Am 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [7]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 17	Am 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [8]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 17A	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.8 [1].
Part 2, Div 4, heading	Subst 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [9].
Sec 18	Am 2006 No 55, Sch 1 [12] [13].
Part 2, Div 5, heading	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [10].
Sec 19	Am 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 20	Rep 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [11].
Part 2, Div 6, heading	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [12].
Sec 21	Subst 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [12].
Part 2, Div 7, heading	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 22	Subst 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 23	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [1] [2].
Sec 24	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 25	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.8 [2].
Sec 26	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.8 [3].
Part 2A	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3].
Part 2A, Div 1	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 26A	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2005 No 9, Sch 1 [1]; 2007 No 84, Sch 1 [1] [2].
Sec 26B	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [5].
Part 2A, Div 1A (secs 26BA-26BD)	Ins 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [6].
Part 2A, Div 2	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 26C	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 26D	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2005 No 9, Sch 1 [2]-[4]; 2007 No 84, Sch 1 [3].
Part 2A, Div 3 (secs 26E-26G)	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3].
Part 2A, Div 4	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 26H	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 26I	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2005 No 9, Sch 1 [5].
Part 2A, Div 5	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 26J	Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2005 No 9, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 2006 No 120, Sch 2.12; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3]-[5].
Part 2A, Div 6	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 26K	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 26L	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [7] [8]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3].
Sec 26M	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2007 No 84, Sch 1 [4]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 26N	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [10]-[14].
Sec 26O	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 26P	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 26Q	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [15]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3].
Sec 26R	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2007 No 84, Sch 1 [5]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [16]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3].
Sec 26S	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [17]-[20]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3].
Secs 26T, 26U	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 26V	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [21]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [6].
Sec 26W	Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [1].
Part 3 (secs 27-33)	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Part 4	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 34	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 2 [1]-[5].
Sec 34A	Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 2 [6].
Sec 35	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 35A	Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 2 [7].
Secs 36-39	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Part 5	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 40	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 41	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 42	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [2].
Sec 43	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [3].
Sec 43A	Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 44	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [2] [4].
Sec 45	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [2].
Sec 46	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Part 6 (secs 47-50)	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Part 7	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Part 7, Div 1, heading	Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2 [1].
Sec 51	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 52	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 53	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 54	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 54A	Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 1 [5].
Part 7, Div 2	Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2 [2].
Secs 54B, 54C	Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2 [2].
Sec 54D	Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2 [2]. Am 2007 No 8, Sch 7.1; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3].
Sec 54E	Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2 [2]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3].
Sec 54F	Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2 [2]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [2].
Sec 54G	Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2 [2]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3] [5] [7].
Sec 54H	Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2 [2]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3] [5] [8].
Part 8 (secs 55-58)	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Part 8A (secs 58A-58C)	Ins 2005 No 16, Sch 1 [1].
Part 9 (secs 59-66)	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Part 10	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 67	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2005 No 77, Sch 6.2 [1].
Sec 67, note	Ins 2005 No 77, Sch 6.2 [2].
Secs 68, 69	Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [5].
Part 11 (secs 70, 71)	Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 1 [6].
Sch 1	Am 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [13] [14]; 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [5] [6]; 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2005 No 9, Sch 1 [8]-[10]; 2005 No 16, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2005 No 73, Sch 2 [3]; 2005 No 76, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2006 No 55, Sch 1 [14] [15]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.5 [2]; 2007 No 84, Sch 1 [6]-[10]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [22] [23].
Sch 2	Rep 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [15].