NOTICE OF ACTION AND OTHER PRIVILEGES ABOLITION ACT 1977 - As at 1 January 2006 - Act 19 of 1977 TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Name of Act 2. Commencement 3. Savings 4. (Repealed) 5. Amendment of other Acts Schedule 1 (Repealed) NOTICE OF ACTION AND OTHER PRIVILEGES ABOLITION ACT 1977 - LONG TITLE An Act to amend certain Acts in so far as they provide for the giving of notice of action, special limitation periods, tender of amends and related matters. NOTICE OF ACTION AND OTHER PRIVILEGES ABOLITION ACT 1977 - SECT 1 Name of Act 1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Notice of Action and Other Privileges Abolition Act 1977. NOTICE OF ACTION AND OTHER PRIVILEGES ABOLITION ACT 1977 - SECT 2 Commencement 2 Commencement 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. NOTICE OF ACTION AND OTHER PRIVILEGES ABOLITION ACT 1977 - SECT 3 Savings 3 Savings The amendments made by this Act do not affect any proceedings on a cause of action accrued before the commencement of this Act. NOTICE OF ACTION AND OTHER PRIVILEGES ABOLITION ACT 1977 - SECT 5 Amendment of other Acts 5 Amendment of other Acts (1) In this section, a reference to an action is a reference to an action of a kind for the bringing of which a limitation period is fixed by or under the Limitation Act 1969, whether or not a different limitation period for a particular action of that kind is fixed by or under an Act other than that Act. (2) This section applies to an Act other than: (a) the Limitation Act 1969, and (b) an Act specified in Schedule 1, and applies to an Imperial Act in force in New South Wales which Parliament has power to amend in relation to its operation in New South Wales. (3) Subject to subsection (4), in so far as an Act or Imperial Act to which this section applies provides in any form: (a) that notice is to be given before an action may be commenced, (b) that the notice shall be in a specified form or state specified matters, (c) that an action may not be commenced until the expiration of a specified period after the giving of the notice, (d) that an authorised person shall: (i) be permitted to inspect damage or injury specified in the notice, or (ii) be given all facilities and information necessary to ascertain the nature and extent of damage or injury so specified and any expenditure or loss relating thereto, (e) that, where the notice has been given, the plaintiff is not permitted to go into evidence of any cause of action not specified in the notice, (f) that, where the notice has not been given, the plaintiff is not entitled to maintain the action, (g) that a court may amend any defect in the notice, (h) that a court may direct that any non-compliance, or insufficient compliance, with a provision referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) is not a bar to the maintenance of an action, (i) that an action shall be commenced within any period, (j) that a court may extend a period referred to in paragraph (i), or (k) for a tender of amends before action to be a defence, the Act is hereby amended so that it ceases so to provide. (4) Subsection (3) does not amend an Act so as to affect the operation of: (a) section 63 of the Workers’ Compensation Act 1926, (c) Division 1 of Part 3 of the Defamation Act 2005, or (d) the general law relating to tender before action of a debt or liquidated sum. NOTICE OF ACTION AND OTHER PRIVILEGES ABOLITION ACT 1977 - NOTES Reprint history: Reprint No 1 20 May 1980 Reprint No 2 10 July 1991 NOTICE OF ACTION AND OTHER PRIVILEGES ABOLITION ACT 1977 - NOTES Historical notes The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes: ______________________________________________________________________ |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| Table of amending instrumentsNotice of Action and Other Privileges Abolition Act 1977 No 19. Assented to 24.3.1977. Date of commencement, 19.8.1977, sec 2 and GG No 92 of 19.8.1977, p 3541. This Act has been amended as follows: _____________________________________________________________________________ | | |Notice of Action and Other Privileges Abolition (Amendment) Act | |1978|No 56 |1978. Assented to 3.4.1978. | | | | | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Summary Offences (Repeal) Act | | | |1979. Assented to 11.5.1979. | |1979|No 62 | | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 1, 2.5.1980, sec 2 (11) and GG No 69 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act | | | |1979. Assented to 21.12.1979. | | |No 200| | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 1, 9.6.1981, sec 2 (2) and GG No 77 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Miscellaneous Acts (Planning) Repeal | | | |and Amendment Act 1979. Assented to 21.12.1979. | | |No 205| | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.9.1980, sec 2 (v) and GG No 91 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Dairy Industry Marketing Authority Act 1979. Assented to | | | |24.12.1979. | | |No 208| | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 4, Part 1, 1.7.1980, sec 2 (2) and GG| |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Transport Authorities Act 1980. Assented to 1.5.1980. | |1980|No 103| | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Miscellaneous Acts (Community | | | |Welfare) Repeal and Amendment Act 1982. Assented to 25.5.1982. | | | |The provision of Sch 1 relating to the Notice of Action and Other| | | |Privileges | |1982|No 88 |Abolition Act 1977 was not commenced and the Act was repealed by | | | |the Miscellaneous Acts | | | |(Community Welfare) Repeal and Amendment Act 1987 No 58. Amended | | | |by Miscellaneous | | | |Acts (Community Welfare) Amendment Act 1983 No 3. Assented to | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Health Administration Act | | | |1982. Assented to 15.12.1982. | | |No 135| | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 1, 17.12.1982, sec 2 (2) and GG No | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Liquor (Repeals and Savings) Act | | | |1982. Assented to 21.12.1982. | | |No 148| | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1983, sec 2 (3) and GG No 74 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) | | | |Repeal and Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 31.12.1983. The | | | |provision of Sch 1 relating to the Notice of Action and Other | |1983|No 181|Privileges | | | |Abolition Act 1977 was not commenced and the Act was repealed by | | | |the Miscellaneous Acts | | | |(Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1990 No | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Travel Agents Act 1986. Assented to 24.4.1986. | |1986|No 5 | | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 1, 2.2.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 20 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Water Administration Act 1986. Assented to 18.12.1986. | | |No 195| | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.1.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 195 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| |1987|No 58 |Miscellaneous Acts (Community | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Energy Legislation (Repeals and Savings) Act | | | |1987. Assented to 12.6.1987. | | |No 108| | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 109 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Water Legislation (Repeal, Amendment and Savings) Act | | | |1987. Assented to 16.6.1987. | | |No 143| | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 1, 3.7.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 115 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) | |1999|No 85 |Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. | | | | | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Defamation Act 2005. Assented to 26.10.2005. | |2005|No 77 | | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Table of amendments ____________________________________________________________________________ |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| | |Am 1978 No 56, sec 3 (b); 1979 No 62, Sch 1; 1979 No 200, Sch 1; 1979 | | |No 205, Sch 1; 1979 No 208, Sch 4, Part 1; 1980 No 103, Sch 7; 1982 No| |Sch 1|135, Sch 1; 1982 No 148, Sch 1; 1986 No 5, Sch 1; 1986 No 195, Sch 3; | | |1987 No 58, Sch 1; 1987 No 108, Sch 1; 1987 No 143, Sch 1. Rep 1999 No| |____________________________________________________________________________|