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Unfair Contract Terms (No. 26 of 1997) - Sect 3

Avoidance of liability for negligence

3.
(1) A contract term or a notice given to persons generally or to particular persons which purports to exclude or restrict or has the effect of excluding or restricting, a person's liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence shall be of no effect.
(2) A contract term or notice given to persons generally or to particular persons which purports to exclude or restrict or has the effect of excluding or restricting, a person's liability for any other loss or damage resulting from negligence shall have effect only in so far as such contract term or notice satisfies the requirement of reasonableness.
(3) Where a contract term or notice purports to exclude or restrict or has the effect of excluding or restricting, liability for negligence, a person's agreement to such contract term or awareness of such notice shall not itself be taken as constituting his acceptance of any risk.


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