Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsact includes omission.
appeals includes applications for leave to appeal.
approved form see section 43.
civil or criminal redress means a proceeding for the enforcement of a right or obligation, whether the right or obligation is substantive or procedural, direct or indirect.
compensation order see section 24(3).
compensation table see schedule 1.
confidentiality obligation means an obligation to maintain confidentiality about particular information under an Act, oath, or rule of law or practice.
convicted means found guilty, or having a plea of guilty accepted, by a court.
convicted person for part 3, see section 24(1).
court for an application to a court before which a person has been convicted, includes a court of the same court level as that court.
court of the same court level--
(a) as the Supreme Court--means the Supreme Court at any sittings anywhere; or
(b) as a District Court--means any District Court at any sittings anywhere.
crime means any indictable offence and, for part 2, includes domestic violence.
declaration means the declaration of the principles of justice for victims of crime stated in part 2.
dependant, of someone, is a person who is completely or partly financially dependent on the income of the other person.
doing an act includes making an omission.
domestic violence see the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989, section 11(1).
grounds for review, of an act or decision, means grounds--
(a) allowing the act or decision to be challenged, appealed against, reviewed, quashed or called into question in or by any court or tribunal; or
(b) for any injunctive, declaratory or other relief, remedy or order to be asked for or granted whether by way of application under the Judicial Review Act 1991, prerogative writ or otherwise.
guidelines means the guidelines made under the declaration under section 8.
harm means physical, mental or emotional harm.
injury for part 3, see section 20.
injury specified in the compensation table includes any injury substantially similar to an injury specified in the compensation table.
injury specified under a regulation includes an injury substantially similar to an injury specified under a regulation.
law enforcement agency includes the following--
(a) the police service;
(b) the office of the director of public prosecutions;
(c) any other department, office or agency of the State, or a statutory body (other than a court or judicial tribunal), that has a function to investigate or take action about violations of the State's criminal laws.
law enforcement officer means--
(a) a police officer; or
(b) a prosecutor in a criminal trial; or
(c) an officer of a law enforcement agency;
and includes, for section 15(2), a corrective services officer under the Corrective Services Act 2006.
personal offence, for part 3, see section 21.
prescribed amount means an amount prescribed under a regulation.
public entity means any of the following--
(a) a law enforcement agency;
(b) a department;
(c) the administrative office of a court or tribunal;
(d) an entity prescribed under a regulation;
but does not include any of the following--
(e) a GOC;
(f) the following entities within the meaning of the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006--
(i) a parents and citizens association;
(ii) a non-State school;
(iii) an advisory committee;
(iv) an international educational institution;
(g) an entity prescribed under a regulation.
public official means any of the following--
(a) a law enforcement officer;
(b) an officer or employee of a public entity;
(c) a constituent member of a public entity, whether holding office by election or selection;
(d) anyone prescribed under a regulation;
but does not include any of the following--
(e) a judicial officer;
(f) anyone prescribed by regulation.
repayment order, for part 3, see section 27(2).
scheme maximum see section 25(2).
sentencing court, for part 2, means a court before which an offender is sentenced.
trial includes a proceeding in which a person is sentenced.
victim, see section 5.
violation of the State's criminal laws includes domestic violence.