sec.81Compensation for damage to possessions

sec.81 Compensation for damage to possessions

A forensic disability client may claim from the State the cost of repairing or replacing the client’s possessions damaged in the exercise or purported exercise of a power under this part. The cost may be claimed and ordered in a proceeding brought in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of the amount claimed. A court may order an amount be paid only if satisfied it is just to make the order in the circumstances of the particular case. A regulation may prescribe matters that may, or must, be taken into account by the court when considering whether it is just to make the order. (sec.81-ssec.1) A forensic disability client may claim from the State the cost of repairing or replacing the client’s possessions damaged in the exercise or purported exercise of a power under this part. (sec.81-ssec.2) The cost may be claimed and ordered in a proceeding brought in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of the amount claimed. (sec.81-ssec.3) A court may order an amount be paid only if satisfied it is just to make the order in the circumstances of the particular case. (sec.81-ssec.4) A regulation may prescribe matters that may, or must, be taken into account by the court when considering whether it is just to make the order.