Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A limitation applying under this Act to the occupational liability of a person as a member of an occupational association (first scheme member) in relation to a cause of action (principal cause of action) also applies, in relation to the principal cause of action and any related cause of action, to the liability of any other person to whom the scheme concerned applies (second scheme member) as a partner, officer, employee or associate of the first scheme member.
(2) Subsection (1) applies in relation to the liability of the second scheme member whether or not the second scheme member's liability is an occupational liability.
(3) A reference in this section to a person who is a partner, officer, employee or associate of the first scheme member is a reference to a person who was a partner, officer, employee or associate of the first scheme member at the time of the event that gave rise to the principal cause of action.
(4) A reference in this section to a limitation on liability that applies to a person as a member of an occupational association includes a reference to a limitation on liability that would apply to the person if a cause of action relating to the liability were brought against the person.
(5) In this section--
associate, of the first scheme member, includes a person who carries out work for or with the first scheme member whether the work is carried out voluntarily or for financial reward.
related cause of action means a cause of action in relation to the civil liability of the second scheme member arising, in tort, contract or otherwise, directly or vicariously from anything done or omitted to be done by the second scheme member that--
(a) caused or contributed to the loss or damage with which the principal cause of action is concerned; and
(b) resulted from the same or substantially the same event as that from which the principal cause of action arose.