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Effect of compensation order on civil proceedings.
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9.—Where—
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(a) a compensation order has been made in favour of a person, and
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(b) damages in respect of the injury or loss concerned fall to be assessed in civil proceedings,
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then—
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(i) if the damages, as so assessed, exceed any amount paid under the compensation order, the damages awarded shall not exceed the amount of that excess, and
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(ii) if any amount paid under the compensation order exceeds the damages, as so assessed, the court may order that the amount of the excess be repaid by that person to the person against whom the compensation order was made,
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and, upon the award of damages or, as the case may be, the making of the order by the court, the compensation order shall cease to have effect.
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