New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW REFORM (VICARIOUS LIABILITY) ACT 1983 - SECT 9E

9E Part does not affect certain claims and legal proceedings

Nothing in this Part:

(a) makes the Crown vicariously liable for a tort committed by a police officer if it would not otherwise be vicariously liable for that tort, or

(b) prevents the Crown from bringing legal proceedings against, or claiming damages or a contribution or indemnity in any legal proceedings from, a police officer for a tort committed by the officer, or

(c) prevents the Crown from joining a police officer to proceedings claiming damages for a tort committed by the police officer, or

(d) prevents a person from bringing legal proceedings, or claiming damages in any legal proceedings, against another person who is not a police officer but who is jointly or severally liable for a tort committed by a police officer, or

(e) prevents a person from making a police tort claim against a police officer in any legal proceedings brought against the person by the police officer, or

(f) prevents a person from bringing legal proceedings, or claiming damages in any legal proceedings, against a police officer for a tort committed by the police officer otherwise than in the circumstances referred to in section 8 (1).