Emergency Services Levy Insurance Monitor Act 2024
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51 Compensation orders
51 Compensation orders
(1) This section applies if a person (the injured person) or class of injured persons has suffered, or is likely to suffer, loss or damage as a consequence of prohibited conduct engaged in by another person (the respondent).
(2) The Supreme Court may, on the application of an injured person or the Monitor on behalf of 1 or more injured persons, make an order against the respondent the Court considers appropriate.
(3) The Court must be satisfied the order will—
(a) compensate the injured person or class of injured persons, in whole or in part, for the loss or damage, or
(b) prevent or reduce the loss or damage suffered, or likely to be suffered, by the injured person or persons.
(4) The Monitor must not make an application under subsection (2), other than an application for a class of injured persons, unless the person on whose behalf the application is to be made has consented in writing to the making of the application.
(5) An application under subsection (2) may be made no later than the end of the monitoring period.