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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 87M Maximum amount of damages for non - economic loss

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 87M

Maximum amount of damages for non - economic loss

  (1)   The maximum amount of damages for non - economic loss is:

  (a)   during the year in which this Part   commences--$250,000; or

  (b)   during a later year--the amount worked out (to the nearest multiple of $10) as follows:

Start formula Previous maximum amount times start fraction Current September CPI number over Previous September CPI number end fraction end formula

    where:

    current September CPI number is the index number for the quarter ending on 30   September in the year immediately preceding that later year.

    previous maximum amount is the maximum amount of damages for non - economic loss during the year immediately preceding that later year.

    previous September CPI number is the index number for the quarter ending on the 30   September immediately preceding the 30   September referred to in the definition of current September CPI number .

  (2)   If an amount worked out under paragraph   (1)(b) is a multiple of $5 (but not a multiple of $10), round the amount up to the nearest multiple of $10.

  (3)   This section does not affect the operation of section   86AA.

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