FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 65 Compensation orders by Local Court on conviction of person

FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 65

65 Compensation orders by Local Court on conviction of person

(1) If a person is convicted by the Local Court of an offence against this Act or the regulations and the Court is satisfied that another person has sustained loss or damage as a result of the conduct of the convicted person, the Court may, in addition to any penalty it may impose in respect of the offence, order the convicted person to compensate the other person for the loss or damage.

(2) The compensation that the Local Court may order to be paid under this section is not to exceed the jurisdictional limit of the Local Court when sitting in its General Division within the meaning of the Local Court Act 2007 .

(3) In this section--

(a) a reference to the conviction of a person includes a reference to the making of an order in respect of a person under section 10 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 , and

(b) a reference to loss or damage does not, if the loss or damage arises from a contravention of Part 2-1, 3-1 or 4-1 of the ACL, include a reference to--

(i) the death of a person, or

(ii) personal injury to a person (including any pre-natal injury, any impairment of the person's physical or mental condition and any disease).