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LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1941 - NOTES

Notes

1 This reprint is a compilation as at 25 September 2009 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941

29 of 1941
(5 and 6 Geo. VI No. 29)

15 Dec 1941

24 Oct 1942 (see s. 1 and Gazette 23 Oct 1942 p. 995)

Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Tortfeasors’ Contribution) Act 1947 s. 2

23 of 1947
(11 Geo. VI No. 23)

7 Nov 1947

7 Nov 1947

Law Reform (Property, Perpetuities, and Succession) Act 1962 s. 9(4)

83 of 1962
(11 Eliz. II No. 83)

6 Dec 1962

6 Dec 1962

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act 1982

80 of 1982

22 Nov 1982

22 Nov 1982

Reprint of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941 approved 25 Sep 1983 (includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment (Asbestos Related Diseases) Act 1983 Pt. V

84 of 1983

22 Dec 1983

19 Jan 1984 (see s. 2)

Acts Amendment (Actions for Damages) Act 1986 Pt. II

50 of 1986

4 Aug 1986

18 Aug 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Aug 1986 p. 2925)

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions (Asbestos Diseases)) Act 2002

1 of 2002

20 Mar 2002

21 Mar 2002 (see s. 2)

Reprint of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941 as at 12 Jul 2002 (includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003 s. 116

28 of 2003

22 May 2003

1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 2003 p. 2579)

Limitation Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 Pt. 7 3

20 of 2005

15 Nov 2005

15 Nov 2005 (see s. 2(1))

Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 84

8 of 2009

21 May 2009

22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))

Reprint 3: The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941 as at 25 Sep 2009 (includes amendments listed above)

2 The Imperial Act 9 and 10 Vict. c. 93 (1846) was adopted by the Imperial Acts Adopting Ordinance 1849 (12 Vict. No. 21) and amended by Act No. 37 of 1900. It was repealed in so far as it was part of the law of WA by the Fatal Accidents Act 1959 s. 2.

3 The Limitation Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2005 s. 15(4) reads as follows:


15. Section 4 amended and a savings provision

(4) The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941 section 4, as it was immediately before commencement day, continues to apply to causes of action that accrued before commencement day as if subsections (1), (2) and (3) had not been enacted.



Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
personal injury 5(3)