Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if loss of life or personal injury is suffered by a person on board a ship because of the fault of the ship and 1 or more other ships.
(2) The liability of the owners of the ships is joint and several.
(3) Nothing in this section—
(a) deprives a person of any right of defence that the person has apart from this section; or
(b) affects a person's right to limit the person's liability; or
(c) affects the operation of the Law Reform Act 1995, section 10.
Notes—
1 For circumstances within the scope of the Navigation Act 1912 (Cwlth), see section 260 of that Act.
2 The Law Reform Act 1995, section 10 deals with the apportionment of liability if there was contributory negligence by the injured or deceased person.