sec.137Compensation for damage or loss caused

### sec.137 Compensation for damage or loss caused A council worker who enters a property— must not cause, or contribute to, damage to any structure or works on the property; and must take all reasonable steps to ensure the worker causes as little inconvenience, and does as little other damage, as is practicable in the circumstances. If a person incurs damage or loss because of the exercise, or purported exercise, of a power under this division (including the loss of the value of materials removed from a property, or the reduction in the value of the property, for example), the council must pay the person compensation. The compensation equals— the amount agreed between the person and the council; or if the person and the council can not agree, the amount that is decided by a court. The court may make any order about costs that the court considers just. (sec.137-ssec.1) A council worker who enters a property— must not cause, or contribute to, damage to any structure or works on the property; and must take all reasonable steps to ensure the worker causes as little inconvenience, and does as little other damage, as is practicable in the circumstances. (sec.137-ssec.2) If a person incurs damage or loss because of the exercise, or purported exercise, of a power under this division (including the loss of the value of materials removed from a property, or the reduction in the value of the property, for example), the council must pay the person compensation. (sec.137-ssec.3) The compensation equals— the amount agreed between the person and the council; or if the person and the council can not agree, the amount that is decided by a court. (sec.137-ssec.4) The court may make any order about costs that the court considers just. - (a) must not cause, or contribute to, damage to any structure or works on the property; and - (b) must take all reasonable steps to ensure the worker causes as little inconvenience, and does as little other damage, as is practicable in the circumstances. - (a) the amount agreed between the person and the council; or - (b) if the person and the council can not agree, the amount that is decided by a court.