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.