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Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012
sec.200Recovery by responsible entity of amount paid under s 199
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### sec.200 Recovery by responsible entity of amount paid under s 199
This section applies if, under section 199 , a person brings a proceeding (a recovery proceeding ) in a court for an order that the responsible entity for a freight container pay the person an amount for loss incurred by the person as a result of the container weight declaration for the freight container containing false or misleading information mentioned in section 199 (1) (b) .
The responsible entity has a right to recover from a person (the information provider ) who provided the responsible entity with all or part of the false or misleading information the part of the amount (the attributable amount ) attributable to the information provided by the information provider.
The responsible entity may enforce the entity’s right to recovery under subsection (2) by—
if the recovery proceeding has not been decided— joining the information provider in the proceeding and applying to the court for an order that the information provider pay the attributable amount to the responsible entity if an order is made under section 199 (4) ; or
if the recovery proceeding has been decided—bringing a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction for an order that the information provider pay the attributable amount to the responsible entity.
(sec.200-ssec.1) This section applies if, under section 199 , a person brings a proceeding (a recovery proceeding ) in a court for an order that the responsible entity for a freight container pay the person an amount for loss incurred by the person as a result of the container weight declaration for the freight container containing false or misleading information mentioned in section 199 (1) (b) .
(sec.200-ssec.2) The responsible entity has a right to recover from a person (the information provider ) who provided the responsible entity with all or part of the false or misleading information the part of the amount (the attributable amount ) attributable to the information provided by the information provider.
(sec.200-ssec.3) The responsible entity may enforce the entity’s right to recovery under subsection (2) by— if the recovery proceeding has not been decided— joining the information provider in the proceeding and applying to the court for an order that the information provider pay the attributable amount to the responsible entity if an order is made under section 199 (4) ; or if the recovery proceeding has been decided—bringing a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction for an order that the information provider pay the attributable amount to the responsible entity.
- (a) if the recovery proceeding has not been decided— joining the information provider in the proceeding and applying to the court for an order that the information provider pay the attributable amount to the responsible entity if an order is made under section 199 (4) ; or
- (b) if the recovery proceeding has been decided—bringing a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction for an order that the information provider pay the attributable amount to the responsible entity.