Commerce Act 1986

87A Compensation for contravention of price-quality requirement

• (1) If the court orders a person to pay a pecuniary penalty under section 87 in respect of the contravention of a price-quality requirement, the court may, in addition, order the person to pay compensation to any person who has suffered, or is likely to suffer, loss or damage as a result of the contravention (an aggrieved person).

  (2) An application for orders under this section may be made by the Commission or any aggrieved person.

  (3) The application must be made within 1 year of the date of the pecuniary penalty order.

  (4) The court may make an order under this section whether or not any aggrieved person is party to the proceedings.

  (5) In proceedings under this section, the court may make such orders as to cost as it thinks fit.

  Section 87A: inserted, on 14 October 2008, by section 15 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 70).