AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

MARRIED PERSONS (TORTS) ORDINANCE 1968

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 15 of 1968

	The purpose of this Ordinance is to enable spouses to sue each other in tort.

	The present position is that a husband has no right to sue his wife in tort, and right of a wife to sue her husband is restricted to actions for the protection of her separate property.