Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00868:clause:2_239
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00868
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 239
Character Range: 339769–341790

239  Orders to redress etc. loss or damage suffered by non‑party consumers

 (1) If:
 (a) a person:
 (i) engaged in conduct (the contravening conduct) in contravention of a provision of Chapter 2, Part 3‑1, Division 2, 3 or 4 of Part 3‑2 or Chapter 4; or
 (ii) is a party to a consumer contract who is advantaged by a term (the declared term) of the contract in relation to which a court has made a declaration under section 250; and
 (b) the contravening conduct or declared term caused, or is likely to cause, a class of persons to suffer loss or damage; and
 (c) the class includes persons who are non‑party consumers in relation to the contravening conduct or declared term;
a court may, on the application of the regulator, make such order or orders (other than an award of damages) as the court thinks appropriate against a person referred to in subsection (2) of this section.

Note 1: For applications for an order or orders under this subsection, see section 242.

Note 2: The orders that the court may make include all or any of the orders set out in section 243.

 (2) An order under subsection (1) may be made against:
 (a) if subsection (1)(a)(i) applies—the person who engaged in the contravening conduct, or a person involved in that conduct; or
 (b) if subsection (1)(a)(ii) applies—a party to the contract who is advantaged by the declared term.

 (3) The order must be an order that the court considers will:
 (a) redress, in whole or in part, the loss or damage suffered by the non‑party consumers in relation to the contravening conduct or declared term; or
 (b) prevent or reduce the loss or damage suffered, or likely to be suffered, by the non‑party consumers in relation to the contravening conduct or declared term.

 (4) An application under subsection (1) may be made at any time within 6 years after the day on which:
 (a) if subsection (1)(a)(i) applies—the cause of action that relates to the contravening conduct accrued; or
 (b) if subsection (1)(a)(ii) applies—the declaration is made.