CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 - SECT 11 General principles
CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 - SECT 11
Division 2 - Standard of care General principles
(1) A person does not breach a duty to take reasonable care unless (a) there was a foreseeable risk of harm (that is, a risk of harm of which the person knew or ought reasonably to have known); and(b) the risk was not insignificant; and(c) in the circumstances, a reasonable person in the position of the person would have taken precautions to avoid the risk.(2) In deciding whether a reasonable person would have taken precautions against a risk of harm, the court is to consider the following (among other relevant things):(a) the probability that the harm would occur if care were not taken;(b) the likely seriousness of the harm;(c) the burden of taking precautions to avoid the risk of harm;(d) the potential net benefit of the activity that exposes others to the risk of harm.(3) For the purpose of subsection (2)(c) , the court is to consider the burden of taking precautions to avoid similar risks of harm for which the person may be responsible.