Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LAW REFORM (CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE AND TORTFEASORS' CONTRIBUTION) ACT 1947 - SECT 3A

3A .         References to claims founded on negligence

                In sections 4 and 6 —

            (a)         a reference to a claim or action founded on or resulting from negligence includes a reference to a claim or action founded on or resulting from a breach of a contractual duty of care that is concurrent with and coextensive with a duty of care in tort; and

            (b)         references to negligence have a corresponding meaning so far as they relate to a defendant.

        [Section 3A inserted by No. 17 of 2003 s. 4.]