Section sec.72 - Civil Proceedings Act 2011 - Damages for personal injury

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### sec.72 Damages for personal injury This section applies if loss of life or personal injury is suffered by a person on board a ship because of the fault of the ship and 1 or more other ships. The liability of the owners of the ships is joint and several. Nothing in this section— deprives a person of any right of defence that the person has apart from this section; or affects a person’s right to limit the person’s liability; or affects the operation of the Law Reform Act 1995 , section 10 . For circumstances within the scope of the Navigation Act 2012 (Cwlth) , see section 176 (3) (a) of that Act. The Law Reform Act 1995 , section 10 deals with the apportionment of liability if there was contributory negligence by the injured or deceased person. s 72 amd 2017 No. 17 s 17 (sec.72-ssec.1) This section applies if loss of life or personal injury is suffered by a person on board a ship because of the fault of the ship and 1 or more other ships. (sec.72-ssec.2) The liability of the owners of the ships is joint and several. (sec.72-ssec.3) Nothing in this section— deprives a person of any right of defence that the person has apart from this section; or affects a person’s right to limit the person’s liability; or affects the operation of the Law Reform Act 1995 , section 10 . For circumstances within the scope of the Navigation Act 2012 (Cwlth) , see section 176 (3) (a) of that Act. The Law Reform Act 1995 , section 10 deals with the apportionment of liability if there was contributory negligence by the injured or deceased person. - (a) deprives a person of any right of defence that the person has apart from this section; or - (b) affects a person’s right to limit the person’s liability; or - (c) affects the operation of the Law Reform Act 1995 , section 10 . - 1 For circumstances within the scope of the Navigation Act 2012 (Cwlth) , see section 176 (3) (a) of that Act. - 2 The Law Reform Act 1995 , section 10 deals with the apportionment of liability if there was contributory negligence by the injured or deceased person.