VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 164
Person may apply for assistance
VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 164
Person may apply for assistance
164 Person may apply for assistance
(1) The person can not apply, under the repealed legislation, for the payment
of an amount mentioned in section 163(1)(a) after the commencement.
(2)
However, the person may apply for assistance.
(3) The application for
assistance must be made— (a) if the person was an adult when the relevant
event happened—within 3 years after the relevant event; or
(b) if the
person was a child when the relevant event happened—before the person turns
21.
(4) However, the scheme manager may, under section 54(2), extend the time
for making an application for assistance under this section.
(5) This section
applies despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 20 .
