New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 1 January 2011
| Public Act | 1936 No 31 |
| Date of assent | 18 September 1936 |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice.
Part 1
Survival of causes of action after death
3 Effect of death on certain causes of action
Part 2
Deaths by accidents compensation
Part 3
Charges on insurance money payable as indemnity for liability to pay damages or compensation
9 Amount of liability to be charge on insurance money payable against that liability
9A Claims for damages or compensation against estate of deceased owner where no administrator
Part 4
Capacity, property, and liabilities of married women, and liabilities of husbands
Part 5
Liability of tortfeasors
17 Proceedings against, and contribution between, joint and several tortfeasors
Part 6
Liability of employers to their servants for injuries caused by the negligence of fellow servants
18 Defence of common employment abolished
Part 7
Covenants in leases not to assign or underlet without consent of lessor
[Repealed]
An Act to effect reforms in the law relating to—
(1) the effect of death in relation to causes of action;
(2) the payment of compensation under the Deaths by Accidents Compensation Act 1908;
(3) charges on insurance money payable as indemnity for liability to pay damages or compensation;
(4) the capacity, property, and liabilities of married women, and the liabilities of husbands;
(5) proceedings against and contributions between tortfeasors;
(6) the liability of employers to their servants for injuries caused by the negligence of fellow servants; and
(7) covenants in leases not to assign or underlet without consent of lessor
