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CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 9

Liability of community organisations for volunteers

    (1)     A liability that would, apart from this part, attach to a volunteer, attaches instead to the community organisation for which the volunteer was carrying out the relevant community work.

    (2)     A person (the injured person ) who suffers death, injury, loss or damage because of the act or omission of a volunteer may sue the volunteer personally only if—

        (a)     it is clear from the circumstances of the case that the protection given under section 8 does not apply to the case; or

        (b)     the injured person brings an action against the community organisation and the community organisation disputes, in a defence filed to the action, that it is liable for the act or omission of the volunteer.



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