James Hardie (Civil Liability) Act 2005
19Right to compensation for enactment, making or enforcement of legislation confirmed
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19 Right to compensation for enactment, making or enforcement of legislation confirmed
19 Right to compensation for enactment, making or enforcement of legislation confirmed
(1) This section applies to any provision of the Final Funding Agreement or a Related Agreement that provides for the State not to carry out, or not to cause the carrying out of, legislative or regulatory action of a kind specified by the Agreement.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that a breach by the State of a provision to which this section applies is capable of rendering the State liable to pay damages for breach of contract if the breach is of such a kind as to warrant an award of damages for breach of contract at general law.