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CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2003 - SECT 49A
Failed sterilisation procedures
49A Failed sterilisation procedures
(1) This section applies if, following a procedure to effect the sterilisation
of an individual, the individual gives birth to, or fathers, a child because
of the breach of duty of a person in advising about, or performing, the
procedure. Examples of sterilisation procedures— tubal ligation and
vasectomy
(2) A court can not award damages for economic loss arising out
of the costs ordinarily associated with rearing or maintaining a child.
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