MINORS (PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS) ACT 1970 - SECT 14 Tort: consent etc

MINORS (PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS) ACT 1970 - SECT 14

14 Tort: consent etc

(1) In matters of tort, the doctrines of:

(a) leave and licence,

(b) consent,

(c) volenti non fit injuria, and

(d) voluntary assumption of risk:

apply in the case of a person aged eighteen years or upwards as they apply in the case of a person aged twenty-one years or upwards.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to:

(a) a leave and licence granted after the commencement of this Act,

(b) a consent given after the commencement of this Act,

(c) a person who is volens after the commencement of this Act, and

(d) a risk voluntarily assumed after the commencement of this Act.

(3) This section does not affect such operation as the doctrines mentioned in subsection (1) may have in the case of a minor.