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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 84 Deferring decision if applicant is detained

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 84

Deferring decision if applicant is detained

84 Deferring decision if applicant is detained

(1) This section applies if the applicant for assistance is being detained in a correctional services facility under the Corrective Services Act 2006 .
(2) The government assessor can not decide the application until the applicant is released or discharged under the Corrective Services Act 2006 .
(3) However, if under subsection (2) the application is not decided within 5 years after it was made, the government assessor must, despite that subsection, decide the application as soon as reasonably practicable.