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LAW REFORM (CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE AND APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITY) ACT 2001 - NOTES

LAW REFORM (CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE AND APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITY) ACT 2001 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.

Legislation amended by principal Act

The Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of Liability) Act 2001 amended the following:

Survival of Causes of Action Act 1940

Wrongs Act 1936

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year

No

Title

Assent

Commencement

2001

41

Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of Liability) Act 2001

3.8.2001

16.8.2001 (Gazette 16.8.2001 p3046)

2005

32

Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of Liability) (Proportionate Liability) Amendment Act 2005

14.7.2005

1.10.2005 (Gazette 8.9.2005 p3275)

Provisions amended

New entries appear in bold.

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision

How varied

Commencement

Long title

amended under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

1.10.2005

Pt 1

heading inserted by 32/2005 s 4

1.10.2005

s 2

omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

1.10.2005

s 3





s 3(1)

s 3 redesignated as s 3(1) by 32/2005 s 5(8)

1.10.2005

apportionable liability

inserted by 32/2005 s 5(1)

1.10.2005

defendant

inserted by 32/2005 s 5(2)

1.10.2005

derivative liability

substituted by 32/2005 s 5(3)

1.10.2005

fault

deleted by 32/2005 s 5(4)

1.10.2005

group

inserted by 32/2005 s 5(5)

1.10.2005

innocent

inserted by 32/2005 s 5(6)

1.10.2005

negligent wrongdoing

inserted by 32/2005 s 5(6)

1.10.2005

notional damages

inserted by 32/2005 s 5(6)

1.10.2005

relevant statutory duty of care

deleted by 32/2005 s 5(7)

1.10.2005

special limitation

inserted by 32/2005 s 5(7)

1.10.2005

wrongdoer

inserted by 32/2005 s 5(7)

1.10.2005

wrongdoing

inserted by 32/2005 s 5(7)

1.10.2005

s 3(2) and (3)

inserted by 32/2005 s 5(8)

1.10.2005

s 4





s 4(2)

amended by 32/2005 s 6

1.10.2005

s 5—see s 12





Pt 2

heading inserted by 32/2005 s 8

1.10.2005

s 6





s 6(2)

amended by 32/2005 s 9(1)

1.10.2005

s 6(3)

amended by 32/2005 s 9(2)

1.10.2005

s 7





s 7(2)

amended by 32/2005 s 10

1.10.2005

Pt 3

heading inserted by 32/2005 s 11

1.10.2005

ss 8 and 9

substituted by 32/2005 s 11

1.10.2005

ss 10 and 11

inserted by 32/2005 s 11

1.10.2005

Pt 4

heading inserted by 32/2005 s 11

1.10.2005

s 12

s 5 redesignated as s 12 by 32/2005 s 7(2)

1.10.2005

s 12(4)

s 5(4) substituted by 32/2005 s 7(1)

1.10.2005

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of Liability) (Proportionate Liability) Amendment Act 2005

12—Transitional provision

(1) The Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of Liability) Act 2001 (the principal Act) and the amendments made to the principal Act by this Act are intended to apply only prospectively.

(2) It follows that—

(a) the law of the State, as in force before the commencement of the principal Act, applies to a cause of action that arose before its commencement; and

(b) a cause of action that arose after the commencement of the principal Act but before the commencement of Part 3 of that Act is unaffected by that Part.