155Compensation for damage

155 Compensation for damage (1) An Authority must cause as little damage and inconvenience as possible in the performance of its functions. (2) An Authority is liable, unless this Act specifically provides otherwise, to compensate any person who has— as a direct, natural and reasonable consequence of the performance of the Authority's functions. (3) An Authority is not liable to compensate a person for consequential loss. (4) Any claim for compensation must be made and dealt with in accordance with the **Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986** as if it were a claim under section 47(1) of that Act. (5) This section does not apply to any injury, damage or loss to which section 157 applies. S. 155A inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 59.