(1)  Parts 2 , 3 and 4 do not apply to a cause of action accrued before the commencement of this Act.

(2)  Part 5 and section 12 apply to a cause of action accrued whether before or after the commencement of this Act.

(2A)  Part 5A applies to a cause of action accrued, and an action commenced, whether before or after the commencement of section 7 of the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013.

(2B)  However, Part 5A does not apply to an action commenced before the commencement of section 7 of the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013 if –

(a) the hearing of the action had commenced before that commencement; or

(b) damages had been awarded in that action before that commencement; or

(c) a settlement had been reached in that action before that commencement, other than a settlement that only relates to damages that, if they had been awarded by a court, would be provisional damages within the meaning of section 8B(1) .

(3)  Part 6 , other than section 12 , and Parts 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 and 11 do not apply to a cause of action accrued before 4 July 2003.

(3A)  Sections 28A , 28B , 28C and 28D do not apply to a cause of action accrued before the commencement of the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2005 .

(3B)  Section 28BA does not apply to a cause of action accrued before the commencement of section 9 of the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013.

(3C)  The amendment to section 28C effected by section 10 of the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013 does not apply to a cause of action accrued before the commencement of section 10 of that Act.

(4)  Part 9A does not apply to a cause of action accrued before the commencement of the Civil Liability Amendment (Proportionate Liability) Act 2005 .

(5)  Parts 8A and 8B do not apply in relation to a cause of action accrued before the commencement of the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2008 .

(6)  Part 10B applies to a cause of action accrued after the commencement of that Part .

(7)  Section 49H applies only in respect of child abuse perpetrated after the commencement of that section.

(8)  Section 49J applies only in respect of child abuse perpetrated after the commencement of that section.

(9)  Division 4 of Part 10C extends to child abuse proceedings in respect of child abuse perpetrated before the commencement of that Division.

(10)  In this section –

child abuse has the same meaning as in section 49J(3) ;

child abuse proceedings has the same meaning as in section 49L .