Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if someone (the convicted person)--
(a) is convicted on indictment of a personal offence; or
(b) is convicted on indictment and a personal offence is taken into account on sentence.
(2) The person against whom the personal offence is committed may apply to the court before which the person is convicted for an order that the convicted person pay compensation to the applicant for the injury suffered by the applicant because of the offence.
(3) The court may make an order (a compensation order) for an amount to be paid by the convicted person to the applicant because of the injury.