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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT 1982 - SECT 81

81—Determination of amounts for medical and legal costs

        (1)         An award of damages for a civil wrong must specify the amounts (if any) awarded or agreed in respect of—

            (a)         existing and future medical costs; and

            (b)         legal costs.

        (2)         If the parties to an agreement between the State and a prisoner for the payment of damages for a civil wrong are unable to agree on an amount to be specified under subsection (1), the court must determine the amounts to be specified in the agreement for the purposes of that subsection, and the agreement is varied accordingly.



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