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Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979
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Part 2 Liability
5 Abolition of common law rights
(1) An action for damages does not lie (either at common law or by
statute) for the death of, or injury to, a person arising from a motor
accident that occurs in the Territory.
(2) It is the Legislative Assembly's intention:
(a) that this section should apply within and outside the Territory;
and
(b) that it should apply outside the Territory to the full extent of the
extraterritorial legislative capacity of the Territory.