New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS SUPPORT AND REHABILITATION ACT 1996 - SECT 72

72 Restrictions on court’s power to give directions for compensation

(1) A direction for compensation must not be given in respect of the conviction of a person for an offence if the aggregate of the sum specified in the direction and of all sums specified in a direction for compensation previously given under this Division:

(a) on the conviction of any other person for that offence, or

(b) on the conviction of that or any other person for a related offence,

exceeds $50,000.

(2) A direction for compensation for injury for which statutory compensation is payable must not be given if an award of statutory compensation in respect of the injury has been made under Part 2 to or for the benefit of the aggrieved person.

(3) For the purposes of this section, an offence is related to another offence if:

(a) both of the offences were committed against the same person, and

(b) in the opinion of the court, both of the offences were committed at approximately the same time or were, for any other reason, related to each other.

However, an offence is not related to any earlier offence in respect of which a direction for compensation has been given if it is committed after the direction was given.

(4) In this section, a reference to a direction for compensation previously given under this Division includes a reference to a direction for compensation previously given under Part 6 of the Victims Compensation Act 1987 , or under section 437 or 554 (3) of the Crimes Act 1900 .