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CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2003 - SECT 49B Failed contraceptive procedure or contraceptive advice

CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2003 - SECT 49B

Failed contraceptive procedure or contraceptive advice

49B Failed contraceptive procedure or contraceptive advice

(1) This section applies if, following a contraceptive procedure on an individual or the giving of contraceptive advice to an individual, the individual gives birth to, or fathers, a child because of the breach of duty of a person in advising about, or performing, the procedure or giving the advice.
(2) A court can not award damages for economic loss arising out of the costs ordinarily associated with rearing or maintaining a child.