New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS RIGHTS ACT 1996 - SECT 8

8 Legal rights not affected

(1) Nothing in this Part gives rise to, or can be taken into account in, any civil cause of action, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, nothing in this Part:

(a) operates to create in any person any legal rights not in existence before the enactment of this Part, or

(b) affects the validity, or provides grounds for review, of any judicial or administrative act or omission.

(2) However, this section does not prevent a contravention of this Part from being the subject of disciplinary proceedings against an official or a complaint to the Victims Bureau under Part 3.