New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT (CONTROLLED OPERATIONS) ACT 1997 - SECT 20P

20P Compensation for property loss or serious damage

(1) If a person suffers loss of, or serious damage to, property as a direct result of an authorised cross-border controlled operation, the State is liable to pay to the person such compensation as is agreed between the State and the person or, in default of agreement, compensation of an amount determined in proceedings against the State, in a court of competent jurisdiction, for a debt of the amount claimed by the person.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if:

(a) the person suffered the loss or damage in the course of, or as a direct result of, engaging in any criminal activity (other than criminal activity that is controlled conduct), or

(b) the person was a law enforcement officer at the time of suffering the loss or damage.