CROWN’S LIABILITY
■DAMAGE BY SERVICE AIRCRAFT (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Saturday The Crown’s liability for damage which may be caused by service aircraft is the subject of the Crown Suits (Service Aircraft) Emergency Regulations, 1945, gazetted last night. By virtue of the Crown Suits Amending Act, 1910, members of the defence forces are not deemed servants of the Crown. Consequently damage or injury caused through the use of a service vehicle by a serviceman was actionable only as against the serviceman personally. The Crown Suits (Service Motor Vehicles) Emergency Regulations, 1942, remedied this situation in so far as use by servicemen of a service motor vehicle was concerned by providing that any serviceman in charge of a service motor vehicle should be deemed a servant of the Crown. The purpose of the regulations now gazetted is to effect similar provision in the case of a serviceman in charge of service aircraft in order to permit action to be taken against the Crown in respect of damage or loss caused through the use of such aircraft while in the charge of a serviceman.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 22690, 18 August 1945, Page 4
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182CROWN’S LIABILITY Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 22690, 18 August 1945, Page 4
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