LAW REFORM ACT 1995 - SECT 9 Application of division

LAW REFORM ACT 1995 - SECT 9

9 Application of division

(1) This division does not—

(a) apply to a tort committed before 12 January 1953; or

Editor’s note—

This is the commencement date of the Law Reform (Tortfeasors Contribution, Contributory Negligence, and Division of Chattels) Act 1952 .

(b) affect a criminal prosecution against a person; or

(c) render enforceable an agreement for indemnity that would not otherwise have been enforceable.

(2) However, subsection (1) (c) does not apply to a claim for contribution or any liability arising from that claim if—

(a) the Law Reform (Tortfeasors Contribution, Contributory Negligence, and Division of Chattels) Act 1952 , repealed section 7 , would have applied to the claim apart from its repeal; and

(b) the act or omission giving rise to the claim happened before 1 June 1968.

Editor’s note—

This is the commencement date of the Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act 1968 .