Wrongs Act 1958
33Liability for negligence for animals on highway 129
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33 Liability for negligence for animals on highway 129
Part IX—Volunteer protection 130
34 Definitions 130
35 Meaning of volunteer 130
36 Meaning of community work 132
37 Protection of volunteers from liability 133
38 Exceptions to section 37(1) 133
39 Provisions concerning the liability of community organisations 134
40 Certain indemnities etc. have no effect 134
41 Application of section 37 135
42 Regulations 135
Part X—Negligence 136
Division 1—Preliminary 136
43 Definitions 136
44 Application of Part 136
45 Exclusions from Part 137
46 Application to contract 138
47 Effect of this Part on the common law 138
Division 2—Duty of care 139
48 General principles 139
49 Other principles 140
50 Duty to warn of risk—reasonable care 140
Division 3—Causation 140
51 General principles 140
52 Burden of proof 141
Division 4—Awareness of risk 141
53 Meaning of obvious risk 141
54 Voluntary assumption of risk 142
55 No liability for materialisation of inherent risk 143
56 Plaintiff to prove unawareness of risk 143
Division 5—Negligence of professionals and persons professing particular skills 144
57 Definition 144
58 Standard of care to be expected of persons holding out as possessing a particular skill 144
59 Standard of care for professionals 144
60 Duty to warn of risk 145
Division 6—Non-delegable duties and vicarious liability 145
61 Liability based on non-delegable duty 145
Division 7—Contributory negligence 146
62 Standard of care for contributory negligence 146
63 Contributory negligence can defeat claim 146
Division 8—General 146
64 Regulations 146
65 Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction 147
66 Transitional 147
Part XI—Mental harm 148
67 Definitions 148
68 Application of Part 149
69 Exclusions from Part 149
70 Application to contract 150
71 Effect of this Part on the common law 151
72 Mental harm—duty of care 151
73 Limitation on recovery of damages for pure mental harm arising from shock 152