Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

           Part 1 Preliminary matters
   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objects
   4.      Definitions
   5.      Violent act
   6.      Injury
   7.      Compensable violent acts and injuries and standard amounts
   8.      Form of applications and lodgment at CVSU
           Part 2 Eligibility to apply for assistance
           Division 1 Categories of victims of violent acts and eligibility
   9.      Primary victim
   10.     Primary victim's eligibility to apply for assistance
   11.     Secondary victim
   12.     Secondary victim's eligibility to apply for assistance
   13.     Family victim
   14.     Family victim's eligibility to apply for assistance
   15.     Related victim
   16.     Related victim's eligibility to apply for counselling
           Division 2 Miscellaneous matters
   17.     Eligibility if injury suffered in motor accident
   18.     Eligibility if injury suffered in course of employment
   19.     Deceased primary victim's estate
           Part 3 Victims Counselling Scheme
   20.     Establishment of Victims Counselling Scheme
   21.     Approval of counsellors and organisations
   22.     Application for counselling
           Part 4 Victims Financial Assistance Scheme
           Division 1 Preliminary matters
   23.     Establishment of Victims Financial Assistance Scheme
   24.     Assessors
   25.     Applications for financial assistance generally
           Division 2 Immediate payments of financial assistance
   26.     Application to Director for immediate payment
   27.     Decision about immediate payment
   28.     Effect of decision
   29.     Payment
           Division 3 Applications for awards of financial assistance
   30.     Application to Director for award
   31.     Time limit for lodging application
   32.     Form of application
   33.     Procedure after acceptance of application
           Division 4 Deciding applications for awards of financial assistance
   34.     Deciding application and deferring decision
   35.     Examination of and report about applicant
   36.     Obtaining information and documents
   37.     Award to eligible victim
   38.     Award to primary victim
   39.     Award to secondary victims
   40.     Award to family victims
   41.     When award may be reduced
   42.     When award must be reduced
   43.     When financial assistance must not be awarded
   44.     Notice of decision
           Division 5 Payments, increases and refunds of financial assistance
   45.     Payment of financial assistance
   46.     Increase of financial assistance
   47.     Refund of financial assistance
           Division 6 Appeals
   48.     Decisions that may be appealed
   49.     Nature of appeal
   50.     Determination of appeal
   51.     Reservation of question of law
   52.     Operation and implementation of decision
   53.     No appeal to Supreme Court
           Division 7 Legal representation and costs
   54.     Applications
   55.     Appeals
           Part 5 Recovery of money from offenders
   56.     Territory may recover from offender
   57.     Recovery by set-off
   58.     No appeal to Supreme Court
   59.     Recovered money to be paid into Fund
           Part 6 Victims Assistance Fund and levy
   60.     Victims Assistance Fund
   61.     Imposition of levy
           Part 7 Miscellaneous matters
   62.     Preservation of civil claim for damages
   63.     Obstruction and providing false information
   64.     Inadmissibility of certain information in proceedings
   65.     Guidelines
   66.     Approved forms
   67.     Delegations
   68.     Protection from liability
   69.     Regulations
   70.     Review after 3 years
           Part 8 Repeals and transitional matters for Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2006
   71.     Definitions
   72.     Repeals
   73.     Repealed Act applies to application for assistance certificate
   74.     Application of Act to violent act
   75.     Fund
           Schedule Repealed Acts
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