Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL OFFENCE VICTIMS ACT 1995

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions—the dictionary

           Part 2--Fundamental principles of justice for victims of crime

           Division 1--Explanatory provisions

   4.      Reasons for declaration and its effect
   5.      Who is a victim under the declaration

           Division 2--Declaration of fundamental principles

   6.      Fair and dignified treatment
   7.      Access to justice
   8.      Guidelines to help response to victims
   9.      Information to be provided to victim about crime prevention methods
   10.     Privacy of victim to be protected and property returned
   11.     Victim's version of events to be reported as soon as reasonably possible after crime
   12.     Protection from violence and intimidation from accused person
   13.     Welfare of victim to be considered
   14.     Information during sentencing of impact of crime on victim
   15.     Information about investigation and prosecution of offender
   16.     Victim to be advised on role as witness
   17.     Information about services
   18.     Information about compensation or restitution

           Part 3--Compensation for personal injury from indictable offences

           Division 1--Explanation

   19.     Scheme for compensation for injury, death and expenses from indictable offence
   20.     Meaning of injury
   21.     Meaning of personal offence
   22.     Relationship of compensation under this part to rights under common law or otherwise
   23.     Payments by State are ex gratia

           Division 2--Application to a court

   24.     Court may make an order compensating someone injured by personal offence
   25.     What amount may be required to be paid under a compensation order
   26.     When single or multiple compensation orders may be made
   27.     Order for repayment of amounts paid by State under division 3
   28.     Provisions about the convicted person
   29.     Compensation or repayment orders are not part of a sentence of a convicted person
   30.     Application proceeding is civil and strict evidence rules need not apply
   31.     No cost orders on application

           Division 3--Application to the government

   32.     Application for payment by State of amount of unsatisfied compensation order
   33.     Application for payment by State of compensation for injury from personal offence
   34.     Application to State for payment for injury suffered when helping a police officer
   35.     Application to State for payments about someone's murder or manslaughter
   36.     How applications are processed
   37.     Payment from consolidated fund
   38.     State's subrogation rights
   39.     Governor in Council may delegate

           Division 4--Time within which applications must be made

   40.     Time within which applications for compensation must be made
   41.     Order for extension of time

           Part 4--Miscellaneous

   42.     Applications
   43.     Approval of forms
   44.     Regulation-making power

           Part 5--Transitional

   46.     Application of Act to previous acts and to subsequent acts and events
           SCHEDULE 1 COMPENSATION TABLE
           SCHEDULE 3 DICTIONARY
           Endnotes