South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts1 The Parliament recognises that volunteers make a major contribution to the
South Australian community and seeks to foster and encourage volunteering in
the community by all possible means.
2 The Parliament recognises, however, that a major disincentive to
volunteering is the prospect of incurring—
(a) serious personal liability for damages; and
(b) legal costs in proceedings for negligence.
3 The Parliament seeks to achieve a reasonable and expedient balance between
the need to protect volunteers against personal liability and the interests of
those who suffer injury, loss or damage in the following ways:
(a) by limiting the personal liability for negligence of a volunteer who works
for a community organisation and transferring the liability that would apart
from this Act attach to the volunteer to the community organisation;
(b) by limiting the right to bring proceedings against the volunteer
personally and hence reducing the risk to a volunteer of incurring legal costs
as a result of the voluntary work.
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: