New Legal Responsibility for Organisations for Child Abuse Before October 2018
Civil Liability Amendment (Organisational Child Abuse Liability) Bill 2026
Private Member's Bill1st House
2nd House
Law
This bill was sponsored by Jeremy Buckingham (LCP)
Links to official parliament websites
Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
organisations can be held legally responsible for child sexual abuse committed by their employees, volunteers, or associates before 26 October 2018 — the previous cut-off date that blocked many historical abuse claims is removed
vicarious liability for abuse by people akin to employees (such as volunteer youth workers in positions of authority) now extends to the pre-2018 period