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VICTIMS OF CRIME RIGHTS AND SERVICES ACT - SECT 19

Eligibility to be registered

    (1)     The following persons are eligible to be registered in relation to an offender:

        (a)     a person who suffers an injury as a direct result of the relevant offence (an injured person );

        (b)     a legal guardian of an injured person who is a child or suffers from a disability;

        (c)     with the approval of the Director – a concerned person.

    (2)     For subsection (1)(c), a concerned person is any of the following persons:

        (a)     a primary care-giver or family member of an injured person;

        (b)     a person nominated by an injured person to receive information on his or her behalf;

        (c)     if the relevant offence is an offence against section 211 of the Criminal Code – a person against whom the offender threatens or uses violence during the commission of the relevant offence;

        (d)     if the relevant offence is an offence against section 213 of the Criminal Code – a person inside the building during the commission of the relevant offence;

        (e)     a person on whose behalf a domestic violence order is in force under the Domestic and Family Violence Act against the offender at the time the offender committed, or is sentenced for, the relevant offence;

        (f)     a person against whom the offender has a history of using domestic violence;

        (g)     a primary care-giver or family member of a person mentioned in paragraph (e) or (f);

        (h)     a person who has a substantial concern with the relevant offence.

    (3)     In this section:

"injury" has the same meaning as in the Victims of Crime Assistance Act .



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