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Civil Liability Act 2002
5LNo liability for harm suffered from obvious risks of dangerous recreational activities
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#### 5L No liability for harm suffered from obvious risks of dangerous recreational activities
5L No liability for harm suffered from obvious risks of dangerous recreational activities
> > (1) A person (the defendant) is not liable in negligence for harm suffered by another person (the plaintiff) as a result of the materialisation of an obvious risk of a dangerous recreational activity engaged in by the plaintiff.
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> > (2) This section applies whether or not the plaintiff was aware of the risk.
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> **pt 1A, divs 5–8 (ss 5J–5T):** Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 \[1\].