Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS ACT 1997 - SECT 5

5 .         Matters to which Act does not apply

        (1)         This Act does not apply to liability for damages arising from — 

            (a)         the death of, or personal injury to, a person; or

        [(b)         deleted]

            (c)         a breach of trust; or

            (d)         fraud or dishonesty.

        (2)         This Act does not apply to liability which may be the subject of proceedings under Part XII of the Transfer of Land Act 1893 .

        (3)         Subsection (1)(a) does not operate to exclude from the operation of this Act liability for damages arising out of any negligence or other fault of a legal practitioner in acting for a client in a personal injury claim.

        [Section 5 amended by No. 3 of 2010 s. 24.]