Section 1023QCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Civil liability

(1) If:

(a) a person (the first person) contravenes a product intervention order; and

(b) a retail client suffers loss or damage because of the contravention;

the retail 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.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

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