Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(a) a person (the first person ) contravenes section 994B, 994C or 994D or subsection 994E(1) or (3); and
(b) another person (the client ) suffers loss or damage because of the contravention;
the client may recover the amount of the loss or damage by action against the first person, whether or not:
(c) the first person (or anyone else) has been convicted of an offence in relation to the contravention; or
(d) a Court has made a declaration of contravention under subsection 1317E(1) in relation to the contravention; or
(e) a Court has ordered the first person (or anyone else) to pay the Commonwealth a pecuniary penalty under section 1317G in relation to the contravention.
(2) An action under subsection (1) may be begun at any time within 6 years after the day on which the cause of action arose.
(3) This section does not affect any liability that a person has
under any other law.