South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts19—Joinder of offender as party to court proceedings
(1) If an application
for statutory compensation is made to the court, the offender is (subject to
this section) to be a party to the proceedings before the court.
(2) A claimant who
makes an application to the court must (subject to this section) serve a copy
of the application on the offender.
(3) The above
requirements are subject to the following qualifications:
(a) if
the identity of the offender is not known, there is no need to serve a copy of
the application on the offender and the offender does not, in that case,
become a party to the proceedings;
(b) if
the whereabouts of the offender are not known and cannot be readily
ascertained, the court may, on application by a claimant, exempt the claimant
from the obligation to serve a copy of the application on the offender and, if
such an exemption is granted, the offender is not a party to the proceedings.