New South Wales Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY SERVICES ACT 1998 - SECT 38

38 Compensation

(1) The Director-General must pay compensation to the owner of any land in respect of which a power is exercised under this Part for any loss or damage arising from the exercise of the power.

(2) However, the Director-General is not liable to pay compensation to the extent to which the loss or damage arises from anything done for the purposes of an inspection that reveals that there has been a contravention of this Act by the owner or occupier of the land.

(3) A committee is taken to have indemnified the Director-General for any compensation payable by the Director-General under this section as a result of action taken by the Director-General at the request of the committee.