56Compensation when person convicted of offence

56 Compensation when person convicted of offence

(1)  In this section –

loss or damage does not include the death of or injury to a person but, without limiting what it may include, does include –

(a) the cost of repairing a defect in a motor vehicle; and

(b) loss and costs suffered because the sale, purchase or exchange contract or financial agreement did not meet the requirements of this Act; and

(c) loss and costs suffered in obtaining the rescission of a contract under section 55 .

(2)  If, in proceedings for an offence against this Act –

(a) a court convicts a person, or finds a person guilty, of the offence; and

(b) the court is satisfied on the application of another person that the other person has suffered, or is likely to suffer, loss or damage as a result of the commission of that offence –

the court may make any order against the offender, or the offender's employer, that the court considers appropriate for the purposes of compensating the other person, in whole or in part, for the loss or damage or to prevent or reduce the loss or damage.

(3)  An order under subsection (2) may be made in addition to, or in substitution for, any penalty or other order the court may impose or make in respect of the offence.