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Civil Liability Act 2002
17ATariffs for damages for non-economic loss
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#### 17A Tariffs for damages for non-economic loss
17A Tariffs for damages for non-economic loss
> > (1) In determining damages for non-economic loss, a court may refer to earlier decisions of that or other courts for the purpose of establishing the appropriate award in the proceedings.
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> > (2) For that purpose, the parties to the proceedings or their Australian legal practitioner may bring the court’s attention to awards of damages for non-economic loss in those earlier decisions.
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> > (3) This section does not alter the rules for the determination of other damages.
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> **s 17A:** Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 \[3\]. Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.8 \[1\].