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Civil Liability Act 2003
sec.62Calculation of general damages
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### sec.62 Calculation of general damages
For an injury arising after 1 December 2002, general damages must be calculated under this section.
The Minister may make a notice under section 75 , for a financial year, fixing the following for each injury scale value—
a base amount, if any;
a variable amount.
Without limiting subsection (2) (b) , a notice is taken to fix a variable amount for an injury scale value if the notice states the way in which the variable amount is to be worked out.
The general damages for an injury are the sum of the following amounts, fixed by the notice under subsection (2) , for the period within which the injury arose—
any base amount for the injury scale value for the injury;
the variable amount for the injury scale value for the injury.
s 62 sub 2010 No. 9 s 12 ; 2023 No. 23 s 33
(sec.62-ssec.1) For an injury arising after 1 December 2002, general damages must be calculated under this section.
(sec.62-ssec.2) The Minister may make a notice under section 75 , for a financial year, fixing the following for each injury scale value— a base amount, if any; a variable amount.
(sec.62-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (2) (b) , a notice is taken to fix a variable amount for an injury scale value if the notice states the way in which the variable amount is to be worked out.
(sec.62-ssec.4) The general damages for an injury are the sum of the following amounts, fixed by the notice under subsection (2) , for the period within which the injury arose— any base amount for the injury scale value for the injury; the variable amount for the injury scale value for the injury.
- (a) a base amount, if any;
- (b) a variable amount.
- (a) any base amount for the injury scale value for the injury;
- (b) the variable amount for the injury scale value for the injury.