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Police Administration Act 1978
148GPart does not affect certain claims and proceedings
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148G Part does not affect certain claims and proceedings
(1) This Division does not:
(a) make the Territory vicariously liable for a tort committed by a
member if it would not otherwise be vicariously liable for the
tort;
(b) prevent the Territory from bringing a legal proceeding against,
or claiming damages or a contribution or indemnity in any
legal proceeding from, a member for a tort committed by the
(c) prevent the Territory from joining a member in a legal
proceeding claiming damages for a tort committed by the
(d) prevent a person from bringing a legal proceeding, or claiming
damages in any legal proceeding, against another person who
is not a member but who is jointly or severally liable for a tort
committed by a member;
(e) prevent a person from making a police tort claim against a
member in any legal proceeding brought against the person
by the member; or
(f) prevent a person from bringing a legal proceeding, or claiming
damages in a legal proceeding, against a member for a tort
committed by the member other than in the performance or
purported performance of duties as a member.
(2) However, in a legal proceeding mentioned in subsection (1)(b)
or (c), the amount of damages, contribution or indemnity the court
may order is the amount found by the court to be just and equitable
in the circumstances.