Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979
Part 2Liability
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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.