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Section 55 - Wrongs Act 1958 - No liability for materialisation of inherent risk — Zoe

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55 No liability for materialisation of inherent risk (1) A person is not liable in negligence for harm suffered by another person as a result of the materialisation of an inherent risk. (2) An **inherent risk** is a risk of something occurring that cannot be avoided by the exercise of reasonable care. (3) This section does not operate to exclude liability in connection with a duty to warn of a risk. S. 56 inserted by No. 102/2003 s. 3.

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