VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 161 Deciding application for assistance etc.

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 161

161 Deciding application for assistance etc.

(1) For applying section 160 and chapter 3 to the application for assistance—

(a) the previous prescribed offence is taken to be an act of violence committed after the commencement; and

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

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

Note—

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