Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002

This section applies to a personal injury arising out of an incident happening before 18 June 2002 and in relation to which a period of limitation has not ended.

For the purposes of section 9(3)(a), the day the incident giving rise to the personal injury happened is taken to be 1 August 2002.

For the purposes of section 9(3)(b), a claimant is taken not to have consulted a lawyer earlier than the day 3 months after the day the Personal Injuries Proceedings Amendment Act 2002 receives assent.

To remove any doubt, it is declared that this Act, other than sections 58 and 77, does not apply in relation to the personal injury if, during the period starting on 18 June 2002 and ending at the end of 30 June 2002, a person started a proceeding in a court for damages based on a liability for the personal injury.

Subsections (2) and (3) are subject to section 19.