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Civil Liability Act 2003
sec.49AFailed sterilisation procedures
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### sec.49A Failed sterilisation procedures
This section applies if, following a procedure to effect the sterilisation of an individual, the individual gives birth to, or fathers, a child because of the breach of duty of a person in advising about, or performing, the procedure.
tubal ligation and vasectomy
A court can not award damages for economic loss arising out of the costs ordinarily associated with rearing or maintaining a child.
s 49A ins 2003 No. 77 s 41
(sec.49A-ssec.1) This section applies if, following a procedure to effect the sterilisation of an individual, the individual gives birth to, or fathers, a child because of the breach of duty of a person in advising about, or performing, the procedure. tubal ligation and vasectomy
(sec.49A-ssec.2) A court can not award damages for economic loss arising out of the costs ordinarily associated with rearing or maintaining a child.