Amount of compensation payments
The amount of compensation for a person for a relevant AFCA determination made in respect of the person must be an amount equal to the lower of the following amounts: (a) $150,000; (b) the amount payable to the person in accordance with the relevant AFCA determination, less: (i) any amount paid to the person in accordance with the relevant AFCA determination, including any partial payments or any payments made to the person as an unsecured creditor of a Chapter 5 body corporate for the matters covered by the determination; and (ii) any compensation to which the person is eligible under any other statutory compensation scheme for the matters covered by the determination; and (iii) any other payments made to the person of a kind prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph. Note: This means, subject to the cap in paragraph (a), the amount payable to the person must be the amount required to be paid in accordance with the relevant AFCA determination. The amount payable cannot include, for example, an additional interest component not mentioned in that determination.
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