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KIR-2010-L-89305
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Government Liability Act 2010 (Act No. 9 of 2010).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Kiribati
Subjects (Classification)
Constitutional law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2010
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Act sets out to limit the Government's liability in tort. It is in effect modifying the well known common law principle of "vicarious liability" where the employer is liable for the actions of his employee arising out and in the course of employment. The main purpose of introducing this Act is to protect the public property from being used up by few individuals. It is accepted that numerous successful suits against the Government will cause substantial strain on the Government funds and properties and will no doubt have dire consequences on the operation of the Government and the public at large resulting in the enormous loss of public funds and properties.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII)
URL
http://www.paclii.org
File
KIR89305.pdf (PDF)