Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 26

In assessing damages in relation to liability under this part, the following must not be taken into account to reduce the damages:

        (a)     an amount paid or payable on the death of, or personal injury to, the dead person under a contract of insurance;

        (b)     an amount paid or payable out of a superannuation, provident or similar fund, or as a benefit from a friendly society, benefit society, lodge or trade union;

        (c)     an amount paid or payable because of the death or injury of the dead person that is—

              (i)     a payment instead of leave; or

              (ii)     a payment of a pension or another social security or veterans benefit;

        (d)     an amount paid or payable as a gratuity on the death of the dead person;

        (e)     an amount in relation to the acquisition by a member of the dead person's family, after the death, of—

              (i)     a house, or an interest in a house, used at any time as the member's home; or

              (ii)     the household contents, or an interest in the household contents, of the house;

        (f)     a premium that would have become payable under a contract of insurance on the life of the dead person if the person had lived beyond the time when he or she died.