Malicious Injuries Act, 1981
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Recovery of contribution by local authority. [New] |
21.—(1) For the purpose, and only for the purpose, of the recovery of contribution by a local authority against which an award has been made on an application for compensation under this Act, the local authority and the person or persons who caused the damage or loss to which the application relates shall be deemed to be concurrent wrongdoers within the meaning of the Civil Liability Act, 1961 , and the provisions of Chapter II of Part III of that Act shall, in so far as they are applicable for the purpose of this section, apply and have effect. | |
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), any reference to damages in the provisions applied by that subsection shall be construed as a reference to compensation under this Act. |