VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 163
Application of sdiv 2
VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 163
Application of sdiv 2
163 Application of sdiv 2
(1) This subdivision applies if—
(a) a person could have, if this chapter
had not commenced, applied for the payment of an amount because of a previous
prescribed offence committed before the commencement, under section 35 of the
repealed Act; and
(b) at the commencement, the person has not made an
application under section 35 of the repealed Act for the previous prescribed
offence.
Note—
See division 7 if, at the commencement, the period within
which a person could have applied for the payment of an amount mentioned in
subsection (1)(a) has already expired.
(2) For subsection (1), it is
immaterial—
(a) whether the relevant event happens before or after the
commencement; and
(b) whether the person’s entitlement to apply for the
payment mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is the result of an order made under
section 41 of the repealed Act before the commencement.