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WRONGS ACT 1958 - SECT 69 Exclusions from Part

WRONGS ACT 1958 - SECT 69

Exclusions from Part

    (1)     This Part does not apply to the following claims for damages

        (a)     a claim to which Part 3, 6 or 10 of the Transport Accident Act 1986 applies;

S. 69(1)(b) amended by No. 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 item 36(12)).

        (b)     a claim to which Part IV of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 or Part 5 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 applies;

        (c)     a claim in respect of an injury which entitles, or may entitle, a worker, or a dependant of a worker, within the meaning of the Workers Compensation Act 1958 to compensation under that Act;

        (d)     a claim in respect of an injury which entitles, or may entitle, a person or a dependant of a person to compensation under any of the following—

              (i)     Part V of the Country Fire Authority Act 1958 or the regulations made under that Act;

S. 69(1)(d)(ii) substituted by No. 51/2005 s. 58(14).

              (ii)     Part 4 of the Victoria State Emergency Service Act 2005 ;

              (iii)     Part 6 of the Emergency Management Act 1986 ;

              (iv)     the Police Assistance Compensation Act 1968 ;

              (v)     Part 8 of the Juries Act 2000 or Part VII of the Juries Act 1967 ;

S. 69(1)(d)(vi) amended by No. 24/2006 s. 6.1.2(Sch. 7 item 49).

              (vi)     Part 5.6 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 ;

        (e)     subject to subsection (2), a claim for damages in respect of an injury that is a dust-related condition within the meaning of the Administration and Probate Act 1958 ; or

        (f)     subject to subsection (2), a claim for damages in respect of an injury resulting from smoking or other use of tobacco products, within the meaning of the Tobacco Act 1987 , or exposure to tobacco smoke.

    (2)     A claim for damages referred to in subsection (1)(e) or (1)(f) does not include a claim for damages that relates to the provision of or the failure to provide a health service.

    (3)     This Part does not apply to claims in proceedings of a class that is excluded by the regulations from the operation of this Part.

S. 70 inserted by No. 102/2003 s. 3.