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Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992
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51 Compensation
(1) A person may claim reasonable compensation from the Territory if
the person suffers loss or expense because of the exercise, or
purported exercise, of a function under this division by an investigator
or a person assisting an investigator.
(2) Compensation may be claimed and ordered in a proceeding for—
(a) compensation brought in a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(b) an offence against the fair trading legislation brought against the
person making the claim for compensation.
(3) A court may order the payment of reasonable compensation for the
loss or expense only if it is satisfied it is just to make the order in the
circumstances of the particular case.
(4) A regulation may prescribe matters that may, must or must not be
taken into account by the court in considering whether it is just to
make the order.