Schedule 3—Abolished common law offences and rules
5Maintenance (including champerty)
(1)
The common law offence of maintenance (including champerty) is abolished.
(2)
Subclause (1) re-enacts section 3 of the Maintenance, Champerty and Barratry Abolition Act 1993 and is a transferred provision to which section 30A of the Interpretation Act 1987 applies.
Note.
The tort of maintenance (including champerty) is also abolished. See clause 2 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Liability Act 2002.
