RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 498AG Preference must be given to compensation for victims

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 498AG

The Magistrates' Court must give preference to making an order for compensation if the Court considers that—

        (a)     it is appropriate to order a person to pay a pecuniary penalty under section 498AD in relation to a residential rights contravention;

and

        (b)     it is appropriate to order the person to pay compensation to another person who has suffered loss or damage as a result of that contravention; and

        (c)     the person does not have sufficient financial resources to pay both the pecuniary penalty and the compensation.

S. 498AH inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 321.