Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Amendment Order 2011 (NSW)

2011 No 531

New South Wales

Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss)

Amendment Order 2011

under the

Civil Liability Act 2002

I, the Attorney General, in pursuance of section 17 of the Civil Liability Act 2002,
make the following Order.

Dated, this 29th day of September 2011.

GREG SMITH, MP

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to amend the Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Order 2010 to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2011, the maximum amount that may be awarded for damages for non-economic loss under the Civil Liability Act 2002 (the Act).
Section 17 of the Act requires the Minister to declare the amount in each year. The amount is
to be indexed by reference to movements in average weekly earnings.
An amount specified in this Order applies to the exclusion of the corresponding amount
specified in section 16 (2) of the Act.

This Order is made under section 17 of the Civil Liability Act 2002.

Published LW 30 September 2011	Page 1
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Clause 1	Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Amendment Order 2011

Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Amendment Order

2011

under the

Civil Liability Act 2002

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Amendment
Order 2011.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of the Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Order 2010
Clause 3 Maximum amount of damages for non-economic loss

Insert at the end of the Table to the clause in Columns 1 and 2, respectively:

1 October 2011 $520,000