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Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002
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22 Effect of pt 2.5
(1) This part does not—
(a) affect any criminal proceeding against a person in relation to an
act or omission; or
(b) make enforceable an agreement for indemnity that would not
have been enforceable if this part had not been enacted.
(2) This part has effect subject to the Building Act 2004, part 9
(Limitation of liability).
Wrongful act or omission causing death Part 3.1
Preliminary—liability for death Division 3.1.1
Part 3.1 Wrongful act or omission
causing death
Division 3.1.1 Preliminary—liability for death
23 Definitions—pt 3.1
child includes a grandchild and a stepchild.
member, of a dead person’s family—each of the following people is
a member of a dead person’s family:
(a) a domestic partner; or
(b) a child of the person (including a child born alive after the
death);
(c) a person to whom the dead person acted, immediately before his
or her death, in place of a parent;
(d) a parent of the person;
(e) a person who acted, immediately before the dead person’s death,
in place of a parent to the dead person;
(f) a brother, a sister, a half-brother and a half-sister of the person;
(g) a former spouse, civil union partner or civil partner of the
parent includes a stepfather, a stepmother, a grandfather and a
grandmother.