VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 157 Deciding application for assistance etc.

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 157

157 Deciding application for assistance etc.

(1) For applying section 156 and chapter 3 to the application for victim assistance—

(a) the personal offence is taken to be an act of violence; and

(b) the person is taken to be a primary victim of the act of violence.

(2) Deciding an application for assistance under this division is subject to division 5.

Note—

Division 5 provides for how a series of related offences must be treated.