Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189:clause:2_227
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 227
Character Range: 2723742–2724522

227  Preference must be given to compensation for victims
  If a court considers that:
 (a) it is appropriate to order a person (the defendant) to pay a pecuniary penalty under section 224 in relation to:
 (i) a contravention of a provision referred to in subsection (1)(a) of that section; or
 (ii) conduct referred to in subsection (1)(b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of that section that relates to a contravention such a provision; and
 (b) it is appropriate to order the defendant to pay compensation to a person who has suffered loss or damage as result of that contravention or conduct; and
 (c) the defendant does not have sufficient financial resources to pay both the pecuniary penalty and the compensation;
the court must give preference to making an order for compensation.