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Queensland
Civil Liability (Good
Samaritan) Amendment Bill
2007
Queensland
Civil Liability (Good Samaritan)
Amendment Bill 2007
Contents
Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of ch 2, pt 1, div 7 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Insertion of new s 27A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
27A Protection of persons assisting persons in distress . . 4
2007
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Civil Liability Act 2003
s1 4 s4
Civil Liability (Good Samaritan) Amendment Bill 2007
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Clause 1 Short title 2
This Act may be cited as the Civil Liability (Good Samaritan) 3
Amendment Act 2007. 4
Clause 2 Act amended 5
This Act amends the Civil Liability Act 2003. 6
Clause 3 Amendment of ch 2, pt 1, div 7 hdg 7
Chapter 2, part 1, division 7 heading, after `safety'-- 8
insert-- 9
`and assisting persons in distress'. 10
Clause 4 Insertion of new s 27A 11
Chapter 2, part 1, division 7-- 12
insert-- 13
`27A Protection of persons assisting persons in distress 14
`(1) Civil liability does not attach to a person in relation to an act 15
done or omitted in the course of rendering first aid or other aid 16
or assistance to a person in distress if-- 17
(a) the first aid or other aid or assistance is given in 18
circumstances of emergency; and 19
(b) the act is done or omitted in good faith and without 20
reckless disregard for the safety of the person in distress 21
or someone else. 22
`(2) Subsection (1) does not limit or affect section 26 or the Law 23
Reform Act 1995, part 5.'. 24
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