Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A person may claim compensation--
(a) from the law society if the person incurs loss or expense because of the exercise or purported exercise of a power under part 6.3, 6.4 or 6.585 in relation to a trust account investigation that, at the time of the exercise or purported exercise of a power, was not a trust account investigation as part of investigation into a complaint or investigation matter; or
(b) from the commissioner if the person incurs loss or expense because of any other exercise or purported exercise of a power under part 6.3, 6.4 or 6.5.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), compensation may be claimed for loss or expense incurred in complying with a requirement of the person made or purported to have been made under part 6.3, 6.4 or 6.5.
(3) Compensation may be claimed and ordered to be paid in a proceeding brought in a court with jurisdiction for the recovery of the amount of compensation claimed.
(4) A court may order compensation to be paid only if it is satisfied it is fair to make the order in the circumstances of the particular case.