WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 184
Compensation
WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 184
Compensation
184 Compensation
(1) A person may claim compensation from the State if the person incurs loss
or expense because of the exercise or purported exercise of a power under
division 3 .
(2) Compensation may be claimed and ordered in a proceeding—
(a) taken in a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(b) for an offence against
this Act taken against the person claiming compensation.
(3) The court may
order compensation to be paid only if it is satisfied it is just to make the
order in the circumstances of the particular case.
(4) A regulation may
prescribe matters that may, or must, be taken into account by the court when
considering whether it is just to make the order.