Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An application under this division must be made to the Minister in the approved form.
(2) The application is to be decided by the Governor in Council.
(3) The Governor in Council may approve the payment of an amount only if satisfied that payment is justified in all the circumstances.
(4) For all applications, the Governor in Council may have regard to the following--
(a) particulars of the application;
(b) the circumstances in which the injury, manslaughter or murder happened;
(c) anything prescribed under a regulation;
(d) anything else the Governor in Council considers appropriate.
(5) For applications for injury suffered by the applicant, the Governor in Council may have regard to the following--
(a) the terms of any compensation order that may have been made;
(b) particulars of the injury;
(c) particulars of any medical examination of the applicant carried out about the time of the relevant criminal violence;
(d) particulars of any medical examination of the applicant that may have been requested by the Minister;
(e) any amounts that the applicant has received, or the Governor in Council considers the applicant would have received, if the applicant had exhausted all relevant rights of action and other legal remedies available to the applicant because of the injury.
(6) The Governor in Council may defer a decision on the application until any information mentioned in subsections (4) and (5) is ascertained.
(7) A decision of the Governor in Council to approve a payment by the State--
(a) must specify the amount; and
(b) may state the way the amount is to be paid; and
(c) may impose conditions.