Section 38 — Sentencing Act 2002: Payment of sums to person who suffered harm, loss, or damage

38 Payment of sums to person who suffered harm, loss, or damage (1) Every sum payable under a sentence of reparation must be paid to the person who suffered the harm, loss, or damage, or, with that person's consent, to that person's insurer. (2) A sentence of reparation does not affect any right that the person who suffered the harm, loss, or damage has to recover by civil proceedings any damages in excess of the amount recovered under the sentence. Compare: 1985 No 120 s 24(e) , (f)