Compensation
84 Compensation
(1) A person may claim compensation from the Territory if the person incurs loss or expense because of the exercise or purported exercise of a power under Part 10, including, for example, in complying with a requirement made of the person under that Part.
Payment of compensation may be claimed and ordered:
(a) in a proceeding brought in a court with jurisdiction for the recovery of compensation; or
(b) in a proceeding for an offence against this Act brought against the person making the claim for compensation.
(3) A court may order the payment of compensation for the loss or expense only if it is satisfied it is just to make the order in the circumstances of the particular case.
(4) The Regulations may prescribe matters that may or are to be taken into account by the court when considering whether it is just to order the payment of compensation.
This provision refers to the regulations (The Regulations may prescribe
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