An Act to provide for the limitation of liability of members of occupational associations in certain circumstances and to facilitate improvement in the standards of services provided by those members.
This Act may be cited as the Professional Standards Act 1994.
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
The objects of this Act are as follows:
(a) to enable the creation of schemes to limit the civil liability of professionals and others,
(b) to facilitate the improvement of occupational standards of professionals and others,
(c) to protect the consumers of the services provided by professionals and others,
(d) to constitute the Professional Standards Council to supervise the preparation and application of schemes and to assist in the improvement of occupational standards and protection of consumers.
In this Act:
(a) damages awarded in respect of a claim or counter-claim or claim by way of set-off, and
(b) costs in or in relation to the proceedings ordered to be paid in connection with such an award (other than costs incurred in enforcing a judgment or incurred on an appeal made by a defendant), and
(c) any interest payable on the amount of those damages or costs.
(a) that has been prepared under the corresponding law of another jurisdiction, and
(b) that operates, or indicates an intention to operate, as a scheme of this jurisdiction.
(a) a judgment given by consent, and
(b) an award of an arbitrator.
(a) which represents the interests of persons who are members of the same occupational group or related occupational groups, and
(b) the membership of which is limited principally to members of that occupational group or those occupational groups.