VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 167
Existing application for compensation order of court
VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 167
Existing application for compensation order of court
167 Existing application for compensation order of court
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a person has applied to a court for an
order requiring the payment of compensation under either of the following
(each the
"repealed provision" )—
(i) section 24 of the repealed Act (including an
application made under section 42 of that Act);
(ii) section 663B of the
repealed Criminal Code chapter; and
(b) the application has not been finally
decided before the commencement.
(2) The court must hear, or continue to
hear, and decide the application under the repealed provision.
(3) For
subsection (2), the repealed provision, and any other provisions of the
repealed legislation that are necessary or convenient to be used in relation
to the application, continue to apply as if this chapter had not commenced.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), section 28(1) of the repealed Act
continues to apply in relation to the making of an order under section 24 of
the repealed Act.
Note—
Division 8 provides for the application of the
repealed legislation in relation to an order made under the
repealed provision, including an order made after the commencement.