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Biosecurity Act 2014
sec.344Operation of scheme compensation
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### sec.344 Operation of scheme compensation
This section applies if—
a person suffers loss or damage arising out of a biosecurity response; and
a compensation scheme provides for compensation, in relation to the biosecurity response, for the loss or damage; and
the person has, in compliance with the scheme, applied to the chief executive for compensation for the loss or damage.
The chief executive must take reasonable steps, to the extent of the State’s obligations under the scheme, to ensure that the person receives compensation for the loss or damage in accordance with the person’s entitlement to compensation under the scheme.
(sec.344-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person suffers loss or damage arising out of a biosecurity response; and a compensation scheme provides for compensation, in relation to the biosecurity response, for the loss or damage; and the person has, in compliance with the scheme, applied to the chief executive for compensation for the loss or damage.
(sec.344-ssec.2) The chief executive must take reasonable steps, to the extent of the State’s obligations under the scheme, to ensure that the person receives compensation for the loss or damage in accordance with the person’s entitlement to compensation under the scheme.
- (a) a person suffers loss or damage arising out of a biosecurity response; and
- (b) a compensation scheme provides for compensation, in relation to the biosecurity response, for the loss or damage; and
- (c) the person has, in compliance with the scheme, applied to the chief executive for compensation for the loss or damage.