Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If rights or interests are acquired, extinguished or otherwise affected under section 19 , the Commonwealth is liable to pay a reasonable amount of compensation to a person whose right or interest has been acquired, extinguished or otherwise affected.
(2) If the Commonwealth and the person do not agree on the amount of the compensation, the person may institute proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia for the recovery from the Commonwealth of such reasonable amount of compensation as the court determines.