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Law Reform (Vicarious Liability) Act 1983
7Vicarious liability of masters
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#### 7 Vicarious liability of masters
7 Vicarious liability of masters
> Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a master is vicariously liable in respect of a tort committed by the master’s servant in the performance or purported performance by the servant of an independent function where the performance or purported performance of the function:
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> > (a) is in the course of the servant’s service for his or her master or is an incident of the servant’s service (whether or not it was a term of his or her contract of service that the servant perform the function), or
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> > (b) is directed to or is incidental to the carrying on of any business, enterprise, undertaking or activity of the servant’s master.