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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008
sec.449Compensation
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### sec.449 Compensation
A person may claim compensation if the person incurs loss or expense because of the exercise or purported exercise of a power under part 2 , including, for example, in complying with a requirement made of the person under the part.
Compensation may be claimed and ordered in a proceeding for—
compensation brought in a court of competent jurisdiction; or
an offence against this Act brought against the person making the claim for compensation.
A court may order compensation to be paid only if it is 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.449-ssec.1) A person may claim compensation if the person incurs loss or expense because of the exercise or purported exercise of a power under part 2 , including, for example, in complying with a requirement made of the person under the part.
(sec.449-ssec.2) Compensation may be claimed and ordered in a proceeding for— compensation brought in a court of competent jurisdiction; or an offence against this Act brought against the person making the claim for compensation.
(sec.449-ssec.3) A court may order compensation to be paid only if it is satisfied it is just to make the order in the circumstances of the particular case.
(sec.449-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.
- (a) compensation brought in a court of competent jurisdiction; or
- (b) an offence against this Act brought against the person making the claim for compensation.