Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) as a result of the exercise of powers under this Act , a document is lost, destroyed or damaged; and
(b) the loss, destruction or damage occurred wholly or partly as a result of:
(i) insufficient care being taken in selecting the person to exercise the powers ; or
(ii) insufficient care being taken by the person exercising the powers .
(2) The Commonwealth is liable to pay the owner of the document a re asonable amount of compensation .