VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 165
Deciding application for assistance etc.
VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 165
Deciding application for assistance etc.
165 Deciding application for assistance etc.
(1) For applying section 164 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
a related victim of the act of violence; and
(c) the person whose death in
relation to which the person’s entitlement to make the application arose 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 6.
Note—
Division 6 provides for how applications by dependants or family
members must be treated if some are made under the repealed Act and some are
made under this subdivision.