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2002 No
92
2002 No
92
2003 No
40
2003 No
94
2004 No
29
2002 No
922003 No
94
2005 No
9
2005 No
16
2005 No
76
2005 No
73
2005 No
98
2005 No
77
2006 No
55
2006 No
107
2006 No
120
2007 No
8
2007 No
84
2008 No
84
2009 No
49
2007 No
94
2010 No
19
2010 No
63
2010 No
48
2010 No
107
2011 No
27
2011 No
52
2011 No
62
2012 No
53
2012 No
42
2013 No
37
2015 No
7
2017 No
10
2018 No
28
2017 No
53
2018 No
56
2018 No
87
2018 No
56
2019 No
25
2020 No
12
2021 No 28
2022 No
25
Civil Liability Act 2002 No 22
Second reading speech made: Legislative Assembly, 28.5.2002; Legislative
Council, 4.6.2002.
date of commencement, 20.3.2002, sec 2
Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act
2002 No 92
date of commencement of Sch 1 (except Sch 1 [1] to the extent that it
inserts sec 5N, Sch 1 [4] and Sch 1 [5] to the extent that it inserts Part 4)
and Sch 2, 6.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 249 of 6.12.2002, p 10529
date of commencement of Sch 1 [1] to the extent that it inserts sec 5N
and Sch 1 [4], 10.1.2003, sec 2 and GG No 13 of 10.1.2003, p 95
date of commencement of Sch 1 [5] to the extent that it inserts Part 4,
1.12.2004, sec 2 and GG No 187 of 26.11.2004, p 8550
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003
No 40
date of commencement of Sch 2.4, assent, sec 2 (2)
Civil Liability Amendment Act 2003 No
94
date of commencement of Schs 1 and 3, 19.12.2003, sec 2 and GG No 197 of
19.12.2003, p 11258
date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.12.2004, sec 2 and GG No 187 of
26.11.2004, p 8549
Civil Liability Amendment (Offender Damages) Act
2004 No 29
date of commencement, 19.11.2004, sec 2 and GG No 183 of 19.11.2004, p
8503
Civil Liability Amendment (Offender Damages) Act
2005 No 9
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Civil Liability Amendment (Food Donations) Act
2005 No 16
date of commencement, 1.7.2005, sec 2 and GG No 77 of 24.6.2005, p
2951
Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act
2005 No 73
date of commencement of Sch 2, 28.10.2005, sec 2 and GG No 132 of
28.10.2005, p 8934
Civil Liability Amendment (Offender Damages Trust Fund) Act
2005 No 76
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Defamation Act 2005 No 77
date of commencement, 1.1.2006, sec 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2005 No 98
date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2)
Civil Liability Amendment Act 2006 No
55
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Crimes and Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2006
No 107
date of commencement of Sch 1.5, assent, sec 2 (2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2006 No 120
date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2)
Mental Health Act 2007 No 8
date of commencement, 16.11.2007, sec 2 and GG No 169 of 16.11.2007, p
8465
Civil Liability Amendment (Offender Damages) Act
2007 No 84
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act
2007 No 94
date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW
3.7.2009
Civil Liability Legislation Amendment Act 2008 No
84
date of commencement, 12.11.2008, sec 2 and GG No 145 of 12.11.2008, p
10921
NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 No 49
date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW
1.7.2009
Relationships Register Act 2010 No 19
date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2)
Crimes (Sentencing Legislation) Amendment (Intensive
Correction Orders) Act 2010 No 48
date of commencement of Sch 5, 1.10.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (532) LW
17.9.2010
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2010 No
63
date of commencement of Sch 1.6, assent, sec 2 (2)
Fair Trading Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act
2010 No 107
date of commencement, 1.1.2011, sec 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011
No 27
date of commencement of Sch 3, 8.7.2011, sec 2 (2)
Home Building Amendment Act 2011 No 52
date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2011 No 62
date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012
No 42
date of commencement of Sch 2.7, 6.7.2012, sec 2 (1)
Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act
2012 No 53
date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2)
Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 No
37
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Legislation
Amendment Act 2015 No 7
date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2015, sec 2 (2) and 2015 (299) LW
19.6.2015
Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 No 10
date of commencement of Sch 5, 1.12.2017, sec 1.2 and 2017 (638) LW
22.11.2017
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Sentencing Options)
Act 2017 No 53
date of commencement, 24.9.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (534) LW
21.9.2018
The amendment made by Sch 4.8 [3] was without effect. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018
No 25. Assented to 15.6.2018
date of commencement, 29.6.2018, sec 2 (1)
Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Marriages) Act
2018 No 28
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Civil Liability Amendment (Organisational Child Abuse
Liability) Act 2018 No 56
date of commencement of Sch 1 (except Sch 1 [4] to the extent that it
inserts Div 4 of Part 1B), assent, sec 2 (1)
date of commencement of Sch 1 [4] to the extent that it inserts Div 4 of
Part 1B, 1.1.2019, sec 2 (2) and 2018 (736) LW 14.12.2018
Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 3) 2018 No
87
date of commencement of Sch 1.7, assent, sec 2 (1)
Children’s Guardian Act 2019 No
25
date of commencement of Sch 5.11, 1.3.2020, sec 2(1)
Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions
Act 2020 No 12
date of commencement, 27.3.2021, sec 2 and 2021 (116) LW
19.3.2021
Stronger Communities Legislation Amendment (Crimes) Act
2020 No 26
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Civil Liability Amendment (Child Abuse) Act 2021
No 28
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Motor Accidents and Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2022 No 25
date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2(1)
1History
notes
Sec 3
Am 2002 No 92, Sch 2 [1]
[2]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.4A[1] (am 2020 No 26, Sch 1.12[1]); 2021 No 28, Sch
1[1].
Sec 3A
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[3].
Sec 3B
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[3]. Am 2006 No 55, Sch 1 [1]–[6]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.5 [1]; 2008 No 84,
Sch 1 [1]; 2013 No 37, Sch 3.3 [1] [2]; 2017 No 10, Sch 5.1 [1] [2]; 2018 No
56, Sch 1 [1]–[3].
Sec 3C
Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 3
[1].
Sec 4
Subst 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[4].
Part 1A,
heading
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1].
Part 1A, Div 1,
heading
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1].
Sec 5
Rep 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[4]. Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 5A
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1].
Part 1A, Div 2 (secs
5B, 5C)
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1].
Part 1A, Div
3
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1].
Sec 5D
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2003 No 40, Sch 2.4.
Sec 5E
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2012 No 42, Sch 2.7.
Part 1A, Div
4
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1].
Sec 5F
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1].
Sec 5G
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2012 No 42, Sch 2.7.
Secs 5H,
5I
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1].
Part 1A, Divs
5–8 (secs 5J–5T)
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[1].
Secs
6–8
Rep 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[4].
Part 1B, Divs
1–5 (secs 6A–6Q)
Ins 2018 No 56, Sch 1
[4].
Part 1B, Div 1 (secs
6A–6C)
Ins 2018 No 56, Sch 1
[4].
Part 1B, Div
2
Ins 2018 No 56, Sch 1
[4].
Sec 6D
Ins 2018 No 56, Sch 1
[4].
Sec 6E
Ins 2018 No 56, Sch 1
[4]. Am 2019 No 25, Sch 5.11.
Sec 6F
Ins 2018 No 56, Sch 1
[4].
Part 1B, Divs
3–5 (secs 6G–6Q)
Ins 2018 No 56, Sch 1
[4].
Part 1C (secs
7A–7F)
Ins 2021 No 28, Sch
1[2].
Secs 9,
10
Rep 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[5].
Sec 11
Subst 2002 No 92, Sch
2 [5].
Sec 11A
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[5]. Am 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 14
Am 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[6].
Sec 15
Am 2006 No 55, Sch 1
[7] [8]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 15A
Ins 2006 No 55, Sch 1
[10].
Sec 15B
Ins 2006 No 55, Sch 1
[11]. Am 2010 No 19, Sch 3.18 [1] [2]; 2018 No 28, Sch 1.8
[1].
Sec 15C (previously
sec 15A)
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[2]. Renumbered 2006 No 55, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 16
Am 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[7]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 17
Am 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[8]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [4]; 2010 No 63, Sch 1.6 [1].
Sec 17A
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[3]. Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.8 [1].
Part 2, Div 4,
heading
Subst 2002 No 92, Sch
2 [9].
Sec 18
Am 2006 No 55, Sch 1
[12] [13].
Part 2, Div 5,
heading
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[10].
Sec 19
Am 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[2].
Sec 20
Rep 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[11].
Part 2, Div 6,
heading
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[12].
Sec 21
Subst 2002 No 92, Sch
2 [12].
Part 2, Div 7,
heading
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[4].
Sec 22
Subst 2002 No 92, Sch
1 [4].
Sec 23
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[4]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [1] [2].
Sec 24
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[4].
Sec 25
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[4]. Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.8 [2].
Sec 26
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[4]. Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.8 [3]; 2015 No 7, Sch 2.2 [1].
Part 2A
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3].
Part 2A, Div
1
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 26A
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3]. Am 2005 No 9, Sch 1 [1]; 2007 No 84, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2010 No 48, Sch 5.3;
2017 No 53, Sch 4.8 [1] (am 2018 No 25, Sch 1.6 [12])
[2].
Sec 26B
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [5]; 2021 No 28, Sch 1[3] [4].
Part 2A, Div 1A (secs
26BA–26BD)
Ins 2008 No 84, Sch 1
[6].
Part 2A, Div
2
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 26C
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 26D
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3]. Am 2005 No 9, Sch 1 [2]–[4]; 2007 No 84, Sch 1 [3]; 2022 No 25, Sch
4.1.
Part 2A, Div 3 (secs
26E–26G)
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3].
Part 2A, Div
4
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 26H
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 26I
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3]. Am 2005 No 9, Sch 1 [5]; 2012 No 53, Sch 2.3.
Part 2A, Div
5
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 26J
Ins 2004 No 29, Sch 1
[3]. Am 2005 No 9, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 2006 No 120, Sch 2.12; 2007 No 94, Sch 2;
2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3]–[5]; 2013 No 37, Sch 3.3 [3]
[4].
Part 2A, Div
6
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1].
Sec 26K
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2020 No 12, Sch 3.4A[2] (am 2020 No 26, Sch
1.12[1]).
Sec 26L
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [7] [8]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8
[3].
Sec 26M
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2007 No 84, Sch 1 [4]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 26N
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [10]–[14].
Sec 26O
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 26P
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1].
Sec 26Q
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [15]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3].
Sec
26QA
Ins 2010 No 63, Sch
1.6 [2].
Sec 26R
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2007 No 84, Sch 1 [5]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [16]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8
[3].
Sec 26S
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [17]–[20]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8
[3].
Sec 26T
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2015 No 7, Sch 2.2 [2].
Sec 26U
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2015 No 7, Sch 2.2 [3].
Sec 26V
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [21]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [6].
Sec 26W
Ins 2005 No 76, Sch 1
[1]. Am 2020 No 12, Sch 3.4A[3] (am 2020 No 26, Sch
1.12[1]).
Part 2A, Div 7 (sec
26X)
Ins 2010 No 63, Sch
1.6 [3].
Part 3
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Secs
27–29
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 30
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2010 No 19, Sch 3.18 [3]; 2018 No 28, Sch 1.8
[2].
Secs
31–33
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Part 4
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 34
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 2 [1]–[5]; 2010 No 107, Sch 3.2; 2011 No 52, Sch
2 [1].
Sec 34A
Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 2
[6].
Sec 35
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 35A
Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 2
[7].
Secs
36–39
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Part 5
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 40
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 41
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 42
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [2].
Sec 43
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [3].
Sec 43A
Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 1
[2].
Sec 44
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [2] [4].
Sec 45
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [2].
Sec 46
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Part 6 (secs
47–50)
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Part 7
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Part 7, Div 1,
heading
Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2
[1].
Sec 51
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 52
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 1 [3]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.4A[4] (am 2020 No 26, Sch
1.12[1]).
Sec 53
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 54
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2003 No 94, Sch 1 [4].
Sec
54A
Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2020 No 12, Sch 3.4A[4]–[7] (am 2020 No 26, Sch
1.12[1]).
Part 7, Div
2
Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2
[2].
Part 7, Div 2,
heading
Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2
[2]. Am 2020 No 12, Sch 3.4A[8] (am 2020 No 26, Sch
1.12[1]).
Sec
54B
Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2
[2].
Sec
54C
Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2
[2]. Am 2020 No 12, Sch 3.4A[4] (am 2020 No 26, Sch
1.12[1]).
Sec
54D
Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2
[2]. Am 2007 No 8, Sch 7.1; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3].
Sec
54E
Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2
[2]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3].
Sec
54F
Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2
[2]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [2].
Sec
54G
Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2
[2]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3] [5] [7].
Sec
54H
Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 2
[2]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.8 [3] [5] [8].
Part 8 (secs
55–58)
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Part 8A (secs
58A–58C)
Ins 2005 No 16, Sch 1
[1].
Part 9 (secs
59–66)
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Part
10
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 67
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5]. Am 2005 No 77, Sch 6.2 [1].
Sec 67,
note
Ins 2005 No 77, Sch
6.2 [2].
Secs 68,
69
Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1
[5].
Part 11 (secs 70,
71)
Ins 2003 No 94, Sch 1
[6].
Part 12 (secs 72,
73)
Ins 2011 No 62, Sch
4.2.
Sch 1
Am 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[13] [14]; 2003 No 94, Sch 3 [5] [6]; 2004 No 29, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2005 No 9,
Sch 1 [8]–[10]; 2005 No 16, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2005 No 73, Sch 2 [3]; 2005
No 76, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2006 No 55, Sch 1 [14] [15]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.5 [2];
2007 No 84, Sch 1 [6]–[10]; 2008 No 84, Sch 1 [22] [23]; 2010 No 63, Sch
1.6 [4]; 2011 No 52, Sch 2 [2] [3]; 2018 No 56, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2018 No 87, Sch
1.7; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.4A[9] (am 2020 No 26, Sch 1.12[1]); 2021 No 28, Sch
1[5].
Sch 2
Rep 2002 No 92, Sch 2
[15]. Ins 2011 No 27, Sch 3.2.
2002 No 22