Footnotes

The Report

[1]        Senate Hansard, 23 October 2002, p. 5235, Selection of Bills Committee report.

[2]        House of Representatives Trade Practices Amendment (Liability for Recreational Services) Bill 2002, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[3]        House Hansard, 28 August 2002, pp. 5935 and 5937.

[4]        The Department referred to the case of Wallis v Downard‑Pickford (North Queensland) Pty Ltd (1994) 179 CLR 388, to illustrate that section 74 of the TPA had been used successfully to circumvent an obstacle in Queensland law.  Although the case concerned damage to property, there appears to be no reason in principle why section 74 could not be used to found a personal injuries action in contract.

[5]        Senator the Hon. Helen Coonan, press release, Liability meeting makes significant progress, 30 May 2002, (C64/02), http://assistant.treasurer.gov.au/atr/content/pressrelease/2002/064.asp.

[6]        Terms of Reference for the Review of the Law of Negligence commissioned by the Commonwealth, 2002.

[7]        Senator the Hon. Helen Coonan, Minister and Assistance Treasurer, reported in Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Thirteenth Report of 2002, 23 October 2002, p. 449.

[8]        Terms of Reference for the Review of the Law of Negligence commissioned by the Commonwealth, 2002, para. 4(a), p. x.

[9]        Ipp Report, para. 5.12.

[10]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Thirteenth Report of 2002, 23 October 2002, p. 446.

[11]      ‘Overproduction’ in economic theory means production beyond the point at which further production yields no further net benefits to society.

[12]      ACCC, first submission to the Ipp Inquiry, pp. 2, 16 and 22.

[13]      Attorney‑General and Minister for Customs and Excise, Senate Hansard, 30 July 1974, pp. 540‑2.

[14]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Thirteenth Report of 2002, 23 October 2002, p. 450.

[15]      Senator the Hon. Helen Coonan, press release, Liability meeting makes significant progress, 30 May 2002, (C64/02), http://assistant.treasurer.gov.au/atr/content/pressrelease/2002/064.asp.

[16]      Hon. D. Ipp & others (‘Panel of Eminent Persons’), Review of the Law of Negligence, Final Report, September 2002, paras. 5.54‑5.61.

[17]      Hon. D. Ipp & others (‘Panel of Eminent Persons’), Review of the Law of Negligence, Final Report, September 2002, paras. 4.18‑4.19.

[18]      Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, E4.

[19]      Submission 1, p. 2.

[20]      Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. E1.

[21]      Submission 9, p. 8.

[22]      Submission 4.

[23]      Submission 12, p. 2.

[24]      Submission 16, p. 1.

[25]      Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. E16.

[26]      Submission 9.

[27]      Hon. D. Ipp & others (‘Panel of Eminent Persons’), Review of the Law of Negligence, Final Report, September 2002, para. 5.51.

[28]      Submission 9, p. 5.

[29]      Submission 14, p. 2.

[30]      Submission 16, p. 4.

[31]      Submission 9, p. 6.

[32]      Submission 14, p. 2.

[33]      Submission 11, p. 3.

[34]      Submission 15, p. 19.

[35]      Hon. D. Ipp & others (‘Panel of Eminent Persons’), Review of the Law of Negligence - Final Report, September 2002, para. 5.10.

[36]      Submission 16, p. 4.

[37]      ACCC, first submission to the Ipp Inquiry, p. 26.

[38]      Ipp Report, para. 5.51(d).

[39]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[40]      Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. E5.

[41]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Thirteenth Report of 2002, 23 October 2002, p. 448.

[42]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[43]      Submission 11, Country Women’s Association of NSW, pp. 2‑3

[44]      Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. E26.

[45]      Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. E8.

[46]      Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. E8.

[47]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 7 of 2002, 21 August 2002, p. 47. The comment relates to an earlier version of the Bill which contained a reference to gross negligence.

[48]      Both South Australia and Victoria have passed legislation while the New South Wales Bill is awaiting Royal assent.

Australian Democrats Minority Report

[1]        Senate Hansard from 22 October 2002, some of Senator Coonan’s comments following the tabling of the Senate Inquiries National Insurance Crisis Report.

[2]        Ministerial Communique on public liability held on 30 May 2002 and the Ipp Report on Negligence also noted the absence of empirical evidence.

[3]        ACCC, Warranties and Refunds, April 2000, p. 10.

[4]        Hansard Senate Economics Legislation Committee hearing Wednesday 27th November 2002, page E4.

[5]        Ibid.

[6]        Ibid.

[7]        Ibid page E2.

[8]        Ibid page E1.

[9]        Recreational services means services that consist or participation in:

1. a sporting activity or similar leisure time pursuit; and
2. that activity involves a significant degree of physical risk; and
3. is undertaken for the purpose of recreation.

Report by Labor Members

[1]        Mr R. Temperley (Treasury), Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. 22.

[2]        Senator the Hon. H. Coonan, Minister for Revenue & Assistant Treasurer, Liability Meeting Makes Significant Progress, media release 30 May 2002.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. 2.

[4]        Civil Liability Act 2002 as amended by the Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002.

[5]        Recreational Services (Limitation of Liability) Act 2002.

[6]        Goods Act 1958, new section 97A inserted by the Wrongs and Other Acts (Public Liability Insurance Reform) Act 2002.

[7]        Hon. D. Ipp & others, Review of the Law of Negligence, September 2002, par. 5.52.

[8]        Hon. D. Ipp & others, Review of the Law of Negligence, September 2002, par. 5.51.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. 11.

[10]      Submission 8, Australian Horse Industry Council, p. 1.

[11]      Senator the Hon. H. Coonan, Minister for Revenue & Assistant Treasurer, Trade Practices Amendments Will Assist Sport and Tourism, press release 27 June 2002.

[12]      Mr R. Temperley (Treasury), Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. 26-7.

[13]      For example, Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 7 of 2002, 21 August 2002, p. 47. Mr R. Davis (Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association), Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. 8.

[14]      Mr R. Temperley (Treasury), Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. 26.

[15]      Submission 9, Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association, p. 1.

[16]      Submission 15, Law Council of Australia, p.10.

[17]      Mr R. Temperley (Treasury), Committee Hansard, 27 November 2002, p. 25.

Appendix 3 - Comment of Scrutiny of Bills Committee

[1]        [Earlier the Scrutiny of Bills Committee had mistakenly been given a version of the bill different from that which was introduced into parliament, and had commented on that version in its Alert Digest No. 7 of 2002.]