BORA Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (Continuation and Reform) Amendment Bill [pdf, 425 KB]
...delays prisoners receiving damages that are intended to have a compensatory effect, particularly for the prisoner’s pecuniary and intangible losses. However, this limit is justifiable under s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. Damages awarded under human rights instruments can properly be subject to the same sorts of conditions and restrictions, such as attachment and set-off, as any other civil claim. 4.2 To the extent the amendments in the Bill relating to unlawful detention claims ma...