Section 154 Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018

Section 154 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018 is about Compensation order. It is under Part XVII (Enforcement of Consumers’ Rights) of the Act.

(1) A court by or before which an undertaking is convicted of an offence under this Act may, in addition to dealing with such undertaking in any other way, make an order requiring the undertaking to pay compensation for any personal injury, loss or damage resulting from that offence of such amount as it may deem fit or as assessed by competent professional authority.

(2) In determining whether to make a compensation order against any undertaking, and in determining the amount to be paid by any undertaking under such an order, the court shall have regard to the means of the undertaking if they appear or are known to the court.