VOLUNTEERS AND FOOD AND OTHER DONORS (PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY) ACT 2002

Table of Provisions

PART 1 -- Preliminary  

• 1 Short title
 
• 2 Commencement
 
• 3 Terms used in this Act
 
• 4 “Volunteer”, meaning of
 
• 5 Application

PART 2 -- Protection of volunteers from liability  

• 6 Protection of volunteers from liability
 
• 7 Liability of community organisations
 
• 8 Certain volunteers’ indemnities etc. have no effect

PART 3 -- Protection of food donors and grocery product donors from liability  

• 8A Protection of donors of food and grocery products from liability

PART 4 -- Regulations  

• 9 Regulations
  Uncommenced provisions table   Other notes Defined terms

An Act —
        •         to protect certain volunteers from incurring civil liability when doing community work on a voluntary basis;
        •         to provide that community organisations that organise community work to be done by volunteers may incur the civil liability from which the volunteers are protected when doing that work;
        •         to protect persons who donate food or grocery products from incurring civil liability for personal injury resulting from the consumption of that food or the use of those grocery products,
and for related purposes.


        [Long title amended: No. 53 of 2006 s. 4.]


        [Heading inserted: No. 53 of 2006 s. 5.]