VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 50
Eligibility and assistance
VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 50
Eligibility and assistance
50 Eligibility and assistance
(1) A person is eligible for assistance under this section (
"funeral expense assistance" ) if the person incurs, or is reasonably likely
to incur, funeral expenses for the funeral of—
(a) a primary victim of an
act of violence who dies as a direct result of the act; or
(b) if a primary
victim of an act of violence is pregnant when the act is committed and, as a
direct result of the act, the life of the primary victim’s unborn child is
destroyed—the unborn child.
(2) However, if the person committed the act of
violence mentioned in subsection (1) , the person is not eligible for
funeral expense assistance.
(3) A person eligible for
funeral expense assistance under subsection (1) may be granted up to $15,000
for funeral expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the
person for—
(a) if subsection (1) (a) applies—each primary victim; or
(b)
if subsection (1) (b) applies—each unborn child of the primary victim.
(4)
However, if more than 1 person is eligible for funeral expense assistance for
a primary victim or unborn child, only a combined total of up to $15,000 may
be granted to the persons for the funeral expenses for each primary victim or
unborn child.
(5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a person may, in
relation to an act of violence, be eligible for—
