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Wrongs Act 1958
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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
74 Limitation on recovery of damages for consequential mental harm 152
75 Liability for economic loss for mental harm 153
76 Regulations 153
77 Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction 153
78 Transitional 153
Part XII—Liability of public authorities 154
79 Definitions 154
80 Application of Part 155
81 Exclusions from Part 155
82 Effect of this Part on the common law 156
83 Principles concerning resources, responsibilities etc. of public authorities 156
84 Wrongful exercise of or failure to exercise function 157
85 Exercise of function or decision to exercise does not create duty 158
86 Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction 158
87 Transitional 158
Part XIII—Organisational liability for child abuse 159
88 Definitions 159
89 Application of Part 160
90 When is an individual associated with a relevant organisation? 161
91 Liability of organisations 162
92 Entity may nominate body to be sued 164
93 Transitional 164
Part XIIIA—Statutory vicarious liability for child abuse 165
93A Application of this Part 165
93B Definitions 165
93C Statutory vicarious liability of institutions for child abuse 165
93D Liability of institutions which are public sector bodies 167
Part XIV—Transitional Provision 168