Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2004 (NO 1) (NO 8 OF 2004) - REG 8

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7     Modification of Act, ch 16—Act, s 231

The Act, section 225 is modified by inserting the following subsection:

    (2A)     Chapter 5 applies to a claim based on a cause of action that arose before 8 March 2004 and in relation to which the claimant had not consulted a lawyer as mentioned in subsection (2) as if section 51 (3) (a) (i) and (ii) read as follows:

    ‘(i)     8 March 2004; or

              (ii)     if symptoms of the injury were not immediately apparent and did not appear before 8 March 2004—the day the symptoms of the injury first appear;'