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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 152AQC

Compensation for acquisition of property

  (1)   If the operation of any or all of the following provisions:

  (a)   subsection   152AL(9), (10), (11), (12), (13) or (14);

  (b)   subsection   152ALA(10), (11), (12) or (13);

would result in an acquisition of property from a person otherwise than on just terms, the Commonwealth is liable to pay a reasonable amount of compensation to the person.

  (2)   If the Commonwealth and the person do not agree on the amount of the compensation, the person may institute proceedings in the Federal Court for the recovery from the Commonwealth of such reasonable amount of compensation as the court determines.

  (3)   In this section:

"acquisition of property" has the same meaning as in paragraph   51(xxxi) of the Constitution.

"just terms" has the same meaning as in paragraph   51(xxxi) of the Constitution.



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