Section 15A — Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)

(1) This section applies to the determination of civil liability for damages for gratuitous attendant care services in proceedings of the kind referred to in section 11 (Claims for damages for dust diseases etc to be brought under this Act) of the Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989.
(2) The amount of damages that may be awarded for gratuitous attendant care services in proceedings referred to in subsection (1) must not exceed the amount calculated at the same hourly rate as that provided by section 15(5) regardless of the number of hours involved.
(3) Except as provided by this section, nothing in this section affects any other law relating to the value of attendant care services.
(4) In this section, attendant care services and gratuitous attendant care services have the same meanings as they have in section 15.

Related sections

• s 13 — Future economic loss—claimant’s prospects and adjustments
• s 14 — Damages for future economic loss—discount rate
• s 15 — Damages for gratuitous attendant care services: general
• s 15B — Damages for loss of capacity to provide domestic services
• s 15C — Damages for loss of superannuation entitlements
• s 16 — Determination of damages for non-economic loss

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