(1) A person who has
suffered a pecuniary loss as a result of a fiduciary default may make a claim
for compensation to the Commissioner.
(2) The amount of the
claim cannot exceed the sum of—
(a) the
actual pecuniary loss suffered by the claimant in consequence of the
fiduciary default; and
(b) any
reasonable legal expenses incurred in taking action to recover the loss or in
making the claim to the Commissioner,
less any amount that the claimant has received or may reasonably be expected
to recover (apart from this Division) in reduction of the loss.
(3) A person is not
entitled to make a claim under this Division where—
(a) the
agent by whom the fiduciary default was committed, or to whom the
fiduciary default relates, was required to be registered or licensed under
this Act or a corresponding previous enactment; and
(b) that
person knew, or ought to have known, at the time of appointing or instructing
the agent, that the agent was not so registered or licensed.