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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 87

Other orders

  (1)   Without limiting the generality of section   80, where, in a proceeding instituted under this Part, or for an offence against section   45AF or 45AG or subsection   56BN(1) or 56BZI(1), the Court finds that a person who is a party to the proceeding has suffered, or is likely to suffer, loss or damage by conduct of another person that was engaged in (whether before or after the commencement of this subsection) in contravention of a provision of Part   IV, Division   2 of Part   IVB, or Part   IVBA or IVE, or of section   55B, subsection   56BO(1) or 56BU(1), section   56BZA, 56BZB or 56BZC, subsection   56BZD(1), section   56BZJ, 60C or 60K, a civil penalty provision of a gas market instrument or a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules, the Court may, whether or not it grants an injunction under section   80 or makes an order under section   82, 86C, 86D or 86E, make such order or orders as it thinks appropriate against the person who engaged in the conduct or a person who was involved in the contravention (including all or any of the orders mentioned in subsection   (2) of this section) if the Court considers that the order or orders concerned will compensate the first - mentioned person in whole or in part for the loss or damage or will prevent or reduce the loss or damage.

  (1A)   Without limiting the generality of sections   51ADB, 53ZO and 80, the Court may:

  (a)   on the application of a person who has suffered, or is likely to suffer, loss or damage by conduct of another person that was engaged in in contravention of Division   2 of Part   IVB, Part   IVBA or IVE, subsection   56BN(1), 56BO(1) or 56BU(1), section   56BZA, 56BZB or 56BZC, subsection   56BZD(1) or 56BZI(1), section   56BZJ, 60C or 60K , a civil penalty provision of a gas market instrument or a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules; or

  (b)   on the application of the Commission in accordance with subsection   (1B) on behalf of one or more persons who have suffered, or who are likely to suffer, loss or damage by conduct of another person that was engaged in in contravention of Part   IV (other than section   45D or 45E), Division   2 of Part   IVB,   Part   IVBA or IVE, subsection   56BN(1), 56BO(1) or 56BU(1), section   56BZA, 56BZB or 56BZC, subsection   56BZD(1) or 56BZI(1), section   56BZJ, 60C or 60K, a civil penalty provision of a gas market instrument or a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules; or

  (baa)   on the application of the Commission in accordance with subsection   (1BAA) on behalf of a class of persons who have suffered, or who are likely to suffer, loss or damage by conduct of another person that was engaged in in contravention of section   55B, subsection   56BN(1), 56BO(1) or 56BU(1), section   56BZA, 56BZB or 56BZC, subsection   56BZD(1) or 56BZI(1), section   56BZJ, a civil penalty provision of a gas market instrument or a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules; or

  (ba)   on the application of the Director of Public Prosecutions in accordance with subsection   (1BA) on behalf of one or more persons who have suffered, or who are likely to suffer, loss or damage by conduct of another person that was engaged in in contravention of section   45AF or 45AG or subsection   56BN(1) or 56BZI(1);

make such order or orders as the Court thinks appropriate against the person who engaged in the conduct or a person who was involved in the contravention (including all or any of the orders mentioned in subsection   (2)) if the Court considers that the order or orders concerned will:

  (c)   compensate the person who made the application, or the person or any of the persons on whose behalf the application was made, in whole or in part for the loss or damage; or

  (d)   prevent or reduce the loss or damage suffered, or likely to be suffered, by such a person.

  (1B)   The Commission may make an application under paragraph   (1A)(b) on behalf of one or more persons identified in the application who:

  (a)   have suffered, or are likely to suffer, loss or damage by conduct of another person that was engaged in in contravention of a provision referred to in that paragraph; and

  (b)   have, before the application is made, consented in writing to the making of the application.

  (1BAA)   The Commission may make an application under paragraph   (1A)(baa) on behalf of a class of persons identified in the application who have suffered, or are likely to suffer, loss or damage by conduct of another person that was engaged in in contravention of a provision referred to in that paragraph.

  (1BA)   The Director of Public Prosecutions may make an application under paragraph   (1A)(ba) on behalf of one or more persons identified in the application who:

  (a)   have suffered, or are likely to suffer, loss or damage by conduct of another person that was engaged in in contravention of a provision referred to in that paragraph; and

  (b)   have, before the application is made, consented in writing to the making of the application.

  (1C)   An application may be made under subsection   (1A) in relation to a contravention of Part   IV, Division   2 of Part   IVB, Part   IVBA or IVE, subsection   56BN(1), 56BO(1) or 56BU(1), section   56BZA, 56BZB or 56BZC, subsection   56BZD(1) or 56BZI(1), section   56BZJ, 60C or 60K, a civil penalty provision of a gas market instrument or a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules even if a proceeding has not been instituted under another provision in relation to that contravention.

  (1CA)   An application under subsection   (1A) may be made at any time within 6 years after the day on which the cause of action that relates to the conduct accrued.

  (2)   The orders referred to in subsection   (1) and (1A) are:

  (a)   an order declaring the whole or any part of a contract made between the person who suffered, or is likely to suffer, the loss or damage and the person who engaged in the conduct or a person who was involved in the contravention constituted by the conduct, or of a collateral arrangement relating to such a contract, to be void and, if the Court thinks fit, to have been void ab initio or at all times on and after such date before the date on which the order is made as is specified in the order;

  (b)   an order varying such a contract or arrangement in such manner as is specified in the order and, if the Court thinks fit, declaring the contract or arrangement to have had effect as so varied on and after such date before the date on which the order is made as is so specified;

  (ba)   an order refusing to enforce any or all of the provisions of such a contract;

  (c)   an order directing the person who engaged in the conduct or a person who was involved in the contravention constituted by the conduct to refund money or return property to the person who suffered the loss or damage;

  (d)   an order directing the person who engaged in the conduct or a person who was involved in the contravention constituted by the conduct to pay to the person who suffered the loss or damage the amount of the loss or damage;

  (e)   an order directing the person who engaged in the conduct or a person who was involved in the contravention constituted by the conduct, at his or her own expense, to repair, or provide parts for, goods that had been supplied by the person who engaged in the conduct to the person who suffered, or is likely to suffer, the loss or damage;

  (f)   an order directing the person who engaged in the conduct or a person who was involved in the contravention constituted by the conduct, at his or her own expense, to supply specified services to the person who suffered, or is likely to suffer, the loss or damage; and

  (g)   an order, in relation to an instrument creating or transferring an interest in land, directing the person who engaged in the conduct or a person who was involved in the contravention constituted by the conduct to execute an instrument that:

  (i)   varies, or has the effect of varying, the first - mentioned instrument; or

  (ii)   terminates or otherwise affects, or has the effect of terminating or otherwise affecting, the operation or effect of the first - mentioned instrument.

  (3)   Where:

  (a)   a provision of a contract made, whether before or after the commencement of the Trade Practices Amendment Act 1977 , is unenforceable because of section   45 in so far as it confers rights or benefits or imposes duties or obligations on a corporation; or

  (b)   the engaging in conduct by a corporation in pursuance of or in accordance with a contract made before the commencement of the Trade Practices Amendment Act 1977 would constitute a contravention of section   47;

the Court may, on the application of a party to the contract, make an order:

  (c)   varying the contract, or a collateral arrangement relating to the contract, in such manner as the Court considers just and equitable; or

  (d)   directing another party to the contract to do any act in relation to the first - mentioned party that the Court considers just and equitable.

  (4)   The orders that may be made under subsection   (3) include an order directing the termination of a lease or the increase or reduction of any rent or premium payable under a lease.

  (5)   The powers conferred on the Court under this section in relation to a contract do not affect any powers that any other court may have in relation to the contract in proceedings instituted in that other court in respect of the contract.

  (6)   In subsection   (2), interest , in relation to land, means:

  (a)   a legal or equitable estate or interest in the land; or

  (b)   a right of occupancy of the land, or of a building or part of a building erected on the land, arising by virtue of the holding of shares, or by virtue of a contract to purchase shares, in an incorporated company that owns the land or building; or

  (c)   a right, power or privilege over, or in connection with, the land.



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