68TLCompensation for loss or damage

#### 68TL Compensation for loss or damage (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Commonwealth is liable to pay a reasonable amount of compensation to a person who suffers any of the following forms of loss or damage as a result of an authorised person taking counter‑UXS measures: (a) a personal injury; (b) damage to property; (c) a loss of income. (2) If the Commonwealth and the person do not agree on the amount of compensation, the person may institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery from the Commonwealth of such reasonable amount of compensation as the court determines. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following loss or damage: (a) damage to a UXS device that is used in the commission of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory; (b) loss of income by an operator or owner of a UXS device that is used in the commission of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory.