LAW REFORM (MARITAL CONSORTIUM) ACT 1984
 
 
- As at 3 December 1992
 
- Act 38 of 1984
 
 
 
 
 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS
 


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Name of Act

2. Commencement

3. Abolition of action for loss or deprivation of consortium



 

LAW REFORM (MARITAL CONSORTIUM) ACT 1984
- LONG TITLE
 
 
An Act to abolish actions for damages for loss of consortium.
 

LAW REFORM (MARITAL CONSORTIUM) ACT 1984
- SECT 1
Name of Act
 
 
1 Name of Act
This Act may be cited as the Law Reform (Marital Consortium) Act 1984.
 

LAW REFORM (MARITAL CONSORTIUM) ACT 1984
- SECT 2
Commencement
 
 
2 Commencement
     (1) Sections 1 and 2 shall commence on the date of assent to this
     Act.
     (2) Except as provided by subsection (1), this Act shall commence on
     such day as may be appointed by the Governor in respect thereof and
     as may be notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.
 

LAW REFORM (MARITAL CONSORTIUM) ACT 1984
- SECT 3
Abolition of action for loss or deprivation of consortium
 
 
3 Abolition of action for loss or deprivation of consortium
     (1) A person is not liable for damages in tort on the ground that the
     negligence, or other act or omission, of the person caused loss or
     impairment of the consortium of a husband and wife.
     (2) Nothing in subsection (1) applies to causes of action accrued
     before the commencement of this section.
 

LAW REFORM (MARITAL CONSORTIUM) ACT 1984
- NOTES
 

Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

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Table of ActsLaw Reform (Marital
Consortium) Act 1984 No 38. Assented to 13.6.1984. Date of commencement, secs 1
and 2 excepted, 22.6.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 98 of 22.6.1984, p 3227.