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MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 118 Compensation for damage to documents

MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 118

Compensation for damage to documents

             (1)  This section applies if:

                     (a)  as a result of the exercise of powers under this Act, a document is lost, destroyed or damaged; and

                     (b)  the loss, destruction or damage occurred wholly or partly as a result of:

                              (i)  insufficient care being taken in selecting the person to exercise the powers; or

                             (ii)  insufficient care being taken by the person exercising the powers.

             (2)  The Commonwealth is liable to pay the owner of the document a reasonable amount of compensation.