{"id":"civil-liability-regulations-2011","name":"Civil Liability Regulations 2011","slug":"civil-liability-regulations-2011","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174297,"registerId":"wa-civil-liability-regulations-2011-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Civil Liability Regulations 2011","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nCivil Liability Act 2002\n\nCivil Liability Regulations 2011\n\nWestern Australia\n\nCivil Liability Regulations 2011\n\nContents\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Emergency medical assistance (s. 5AAA of Act) 1\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 2\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nCivil Liability Act 2002\n\nCivil Liability Regulations 2011\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\n\t\tThese regulations are the *Civil Liability Regulations 2011*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation as follows —\n\n(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the *Gazette*;\n\n(b) regulation 3 — on the day on which the *Health, Safety and Civil Liability (Children in Schools and Child Care Services) Act 2011* section 6 comes into operation.\n\n##### 3. Emergency medical assistance (s. 5AAA of Act)\n\nFor the purposes of the definition of ***emergency medical assistance*** in section 5AAA of the Act, the administration of adrenaline to a person reasonably suspected to be suffering an anaphylactic reaction is prescribed as assistance to which Part 1CA of the Act applies.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Civil Liability Regulations 2011*. The following table contains information about those regulations.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Gazettal** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Civil Liability Regulations 2011* | 22 Jul 2011 p. 3016‑17 | r. 1 and 2: 22 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jan 2013 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 14 Dec 2012 p. 6195) |\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not available for review. No comparison between original intent and current provisions is possible from the information provided."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source page returned a 'no longer available' error","Unable to assess actual regulatory provisions, cross-references, or technical requirements","Complexity score reflects the absence of analysable content, not the underlying legislation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"## Civil Liability Regulations 2011 (WA)\n\n**The content of this legislation could not be retrieved.** The page hosting the Civil Liability Regulations 2011 (Western Australia) is no longer available at its original web address due to system and security upgrades on the Western Australian legislation website.\n\n**What this means for you:** The actual rules and requirements contained in these Regulations cannot be summarised from the information provided. To find the current text of the Civil Liability Regulations 2011 (WA), you should:\n- Visit the [Western Australian Legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search directly\n- Contact the Parliamentary Counsel's Office Helpdesk\n- Check the broader **Civil Liability Act 2002 (WA)**, which these Regulations support\n\nGenerally speaking, civil liability regulations in WA govern things like **damages caps** (limits on how much compensation you can receive), **thresholds for personal injury claims**, and **procedural requirements** for suing someone for negligence or other civil wrongs."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: prescribing specific emergency medical assistance for the purposes of the Civil Liability Act's good Samaritan provisions. There is no scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 regulations total","No defined terms section","Single substantive provision (regulation 3) consisting of one sentence","No cross-references beyond a single reference to the parent Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations are a short, technical add-on to Western Australia's Civil Liability Act 2002. They do one specific thing: they add 'giving adrenaline to someone having a severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis)' to the list of emergency medical help covered by the Act's good Samaritan protections.\n\n**What this means in practice:**\n- **Who it affects:** Anyone who administers an EpiPen or similar adrenaline injection to someone they reasonably believe is having an anaphylactic emergency.\n- **What protection they get:** Part 1CA of the Civil Liability Act protects people from being sued if they provide emergency medical assistance in good faith. These regulations make sure that specifically includes using adrenaline for allergic reactions.\n- **Why it matters:** Without this regulation, there was uncertainty whether using an EpiPen counted as 'emergency medical assistance' under the good Samaritan laws. This closes that gap, encouraging bystanders to help without fear of legal action if something goes wrong."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Regulation 3 explicitly treats administration of adrenaline for a person reasonably suspected of anaphylaxis as \"emergency medical assistance\" under s.5AAA, thereby bringing that specific act within the protections and rules of Part 1CA of the Civil Liability Act 2002. This alters the statutory scope by adding that specific medical intervention to the prescribed category (reg. 3)."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow, single-item substantive change: prescribes adrenaline administration as emergency medical assistance (reg. 3).","Relies on cross-references to existing statutory terms and protections (s.5AAA and Part 1CA of the Act), requiring users to consult the Act for full effect.","Operative factual standard — \"reasonably suspected\" — introduces case-by-case factual assessment that can generate disputes about evidence (reg. 3).","Commencement timing depends on another Act's section, creating a temporal dependency (reg. 2(b)).","No procedural detail, qualifications, or penalties in the regulation itself; legal effect depends on interpretation of the Act's provisions."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations specify that giving adrenaline to a person who is reasonably suspected to be having an anaphylactic reaction counts as “emergency medical assistance” under section 5AAA of the Civil Liability Act 2002, so the legal treatment in Part 1CA of the Act applies. It affects anyone who administers adrenaline in that situation. Regulation 3 takes effect when section 6 of the Health, Safety and Civil Liability (Children in Schools and Child Care Services) Act 2011 commences (reg. 2(b))."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/civil-liability-regulations-2011","history":"/api/acts/civil-liability-regulations-2011/history","analysis":"/api/acts/civil-liability-regulations-2011/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/civil-liability-regulations-2011/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/civil-liability-regulations-2011/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/civil-liability-regulations-2011/documents"}}