New Zealand Legislation: Acts

150A Standard of care required of persons under legal duties

• (1) This section applies in respect of the legal duties specified in any of sections 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, and 157.

  (2) For the purposes of this Part, a person is criminally responsible for—

  • (a) omitting to discharge or perform a legal duty to which this section applies; or

  • (b) neglecting a legal duty to which this section applies—

  only if, in the circumstances of the particular case, the omission or neglect is a major departure from the standard of care expected of a reasonable person to whom that legal duty applies in those circumstances.

  Section 150A: inserted, on 22 November 1997, by section 2(1) of the Crimes Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 88).