Queensland Consolidated Acts

CIVIL PROCEEDINGS ACT 2011 - SECT 72

72 Damages for personal injury

(1) This section applies if loss of life or personal injury is suffered by a person on board a ship because of the fault of the ship and 1 or more other ships.

(2) The liability of the owners of the ships is joint and several.

(3) Nothing in this section—

(a) deprives a person of any right of defence that the person has apart from this section; or

(b) affects a person’s right to limit the person’s liability; or

(c) affects the operation of the Law Reform Act 1995 , section 10 .

Notes—

1 For circumstances within the scope of the Navigation Act 2012 (Cwlth) , see section 176 (3) (a) of that Act.

2 The Law Reform Act 1995 , section 10 deals with the apportionment of liability if there was contributory negligence by the injured or deceased person.