5OStandard of care for professionals

#### 5O Standard of care for professionals 5O Standard of care for professionals > > (1) A person practising a profession (a professional) does not incur a liability in negligence arising from the provision of a professional service if it is established that the professional acted in a manner that (at the time the service was provided) was widely accepted in Australia by peer professional opinion as competent professional practice. > > > (2) However, peer professional opinion cannot be relied on for the purposes of this section if the court considers that the opinion is irrational. > > > (3) The fact that there are differing peer professional opinions widely accepted in Australia concerning a matter does not prevent any one or more (or all) of those opinions being relied on for the purposes of this section. > > > (4) Peer professional opinion does not have to be universally accepted to be considered widely accepted. > > **pt 1A, divs 5–8 (ss 5J–5T):** Ins 2002 No 92, Sch 1 \[1\].