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CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 - SECT 26A
Definitions
(1) In this Part--
"CAS Act" means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 .
"injury" means personal injury and includes the following-- (a) impairment of
a person's physical or mental condition,
(b) disease.
"offender in custody" or
"offender" means each of the following-- (a) an inmate within the meaning of
the CAS Act, namely a person to whom Part 2 (Imprisonment by way of full-time
detention) of that Act applies,
(b) an offender within the meaning of Part 3
(Imprisonment by way of intensive correction in the community) of the CAS Act,
(d) a detainee under the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 ,
(e) a
person performing community service work under, or attending a place in
compliance with the requirements of, an intensive correction order, a
community correction order, or a children's community service order as
provided by the CAS Act or the Children (Community Service Orders) Act 1987 ,
whether or not the person is an offender in custody under any other paragraph
of this definition,
(f) a person in custody who is in the keeping of a
correctional officer, as provided by Part 13 (Custody of persons during
proceedings) of the CAS Act.
"personal injury damages" means damages that relate to the death of or injury
to a person.
"protected defendant" means each of the following-- (a) the Crown (within the
meaning of the Crown Proceedings Act 1988 ) and its servants,
(b) a
Government department and members of staff of a Government department,
(c) a
public health organisation (within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997
) and members of staff of a public health organisation,
(d) any person having
public official functions or acting in a public official capacity (whether or
not employed as a public official), but only in relation to the exercise of
the person's public official functions,
(e) a management company or
submanagement company (within the meaning of the CAS Act) and members of staff
of such a company.
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