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AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW AND FAIR TRADING ACT 2012 - SECT 218

Awards of compensation

    (1)     If in any proceedings for an offence against this Act, a person is found guilty of an offence against this Act, the court, in addition to any other penalty it may fix, may order that the person pay to a person who, in the opinion of the court, was humiliated or distressed by the conduct constituting the offence an amount of up to—

        (a)     $10 000; or

        (b)     if a greater amount is prescribed, that prescribed amount.

    (2)     An order under this section may be enforced as if it were an order made by the court in its civil jurisdiction.

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