sec.142Compensation

sec.142 Compensation

A person may claim compensation if the person incurs loss or expense because of the exercise or purported exercise of a power under this chapter other than because of the seizure or destruction, under this chapter, of a regulated dog. Compensation may be claimed and ordered in a proceeding for— compensation brought in a court of competent jurisdiction; or an offence against this Act brought against the person making the claim for compensation. A court may order compensation in a proceeding to be paid only if it is satisfied it is just to make the order in the circumstances of the particular case. A regulation may prescribe matters that may, or must, be taken into account by the court when considering whether it is just to make the order mentioned subsection (3) . (sec.142-ssec.1) A person may claim compensation if the person incurs loss or expense because of the exercise or purported exercise of a power under this chapter other than because of the seizure or destruction, under this chapter, of a regulated dog. (sec.142-ssec.2) Compensation may be claimed and ordered in a proceeding for— compensation brought in a court of competent jurisdiction; or an offence against this Act brought against the person making the claim for compensation. (sec.142-ssec.3) A court may order compensation in a proceeding to be paid only if it is satisfied it is just to make the order in the circumstances of the particular case. (sec.142-ssec.4) A regulation may prescribe matters that may, or must, be taken into account by the court when considering whether it is just to make the order mentioned subsection (3) .

• (a) compensation brought in a court of competent jurisdiction; or
• (b) an offence against this Act brought against the person making the claim for compensation.