Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945
1945 c.28
An Act to amend the law relating to contributory negligence and for purposes connected therewith.
Act extended by Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44), s. 4(3), (E.W.) Animals Act 1971 (c. 22), s. 10 and Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (c. 59), s. 1(5)
Act extended (E.W.) by Water Act 1981 (c.12, SIF 130), ss. 6(4)(7), 7(2)
Act extended (S.) by Animals (Scotland) Act 1987 (c.9, SIF 4:6), s. 1(6)
Act modified by Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c.43, SIF 109:1), ss. 6(4), 41(2), 47 (1)(2)
Act applied by Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (c.59, SIF 111), s. 1 (as substituted (prosp.) by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c.12, SIF 111), ss. 34, 58(2), Sch. 4 para. 1)
Act amended (prosp.) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43, SIF 46:4), ss. 73(9)(b), 164(3)
Act applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 208(4), 225(2) (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)
Act: definition of "fault" applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 208(7), 225(2) (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)
Act applied (1.10.1994) by 1971 c. 59, s. 1A(4) (as inserted (1.10.1994) by 1994 c. 28, s. 6, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 1; S.I. 1994/1988, art. 3, Sch. 2 and which 1994 Act was repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314, 316(2), Sch. 12)(with s. 312(1))
Act applied (30.5.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 153(8), 154(4), 171(1), (with ss. 167(1), 169, 312(1)); S.I.1996/1210, art. 2
Act applied (temp.from 1.1.1996 to 29.5.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 153(5), 154(4), 171(1), 316(2), Sch. 4 (with ss. 167(1), 169, 312(1))
Act applied by 1995 c. 21, s. 156A (as inserted (21.11.2008) by Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bunkers Convention) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1244), regs. 1(2), 9 (with reg. 1(5)))
Act applied (25.7.2013) by The Credit Rating Agencies (Civil Liability) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1637), reg. 15(2)
Act modified by Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52), ss. 12E, 12H(9) (as inserted (10.3.2017) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 73(3), 115(7); S.I. 2017/273, art. 2(a))
Act modified (21.4.2021) by Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 (c. 18), ss. 6(3), 21; S.I. 2021/396, reg. 3(a)
Act wholly in force at Royal Assent