Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (MASS, DIMENSIONS AND LOADING) ACT 2009 (NO. 22 OF 2009) - SECT 408

    (1)     If, in making a roads compensation order, the court is satisfied that the commission of the offence contributed to the damage but that other factors not connected with the commission of the offence also contributed to the damage, the court must limit the amount of the compensation payable by the offender to the amount the court assesses as being the offender's contribution to the damage.

    (2)     The maximum amount of compensation must not be more than the amount of the court's jurisdictional limit in a civil proceeding.

    (3)     The court must not include in the roads compensation order any amount for—

        (a)     personal injury or death; or

        (b)     loss of income (whether suffered by the road transport authority or any other person or organisation); or

        (c)     damage to any property (including a vehicle) that is not part of the road infrastructure.