Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Amendment Order 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss)

Amendment Order 2019

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 1st day of October 2019.

MARK SPEAKMAN, 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 2019, 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 the Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Order 2010 (as amended by 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.

Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Amendment Order 2019 [NSW]

Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Amendment Order 2019

under the

Civil Liability Act 2002

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Civil Liability (Non-economic Loss) Amendment Order 2019.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 1 October 2019 and is required to be published on the
NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of 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—

1 October 2019 $658,000