CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2003 - SECT 7
Provisions relating to operation of Act
CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2003 - SECT 7
Provisions relating to operation of Act
7 Provisions relating to operation of Act
(1) Subject to sections 5(3) and 59A, this Act does not create or confer any
cause of civil action for the recovery of damages.
(2) A provision of this
Act that gives protection from civil liability does not limit the protection
from liability given by another provision of this Act or by another Act or
law.
Note—
See, for example, the following provisions giving protection
from civil liability to particular persons—
(3) This Act, other
than chapter 2 , part 2 and chapter 3 , does not prevent the parties to a
contract from making express provision for their rights, obligations and
liabilities under the contract (the
"express provision" ) in relation to any matter to which this Act applies and
does not limit or otherwise affect the operation of the express provision.
(4) Subsection (3) extends to any provision of this Act even if the provision
applies to liability in contract.
(5) This Act is not a codification of the
law relating to civil claims for damages for harm.