South Australian Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT 2001 - SECT 23

23—Joint offences

        (1)         If an application is made for statutory compensation in respect of injury suffered by a victim, financial loss suffered by a dependant, or grief suffered by a spouse, domestic partner or parent, in consequence of an offence committed by more than one offender, the court may make only one order for statutory compensation in respect of that injury, loss or grief.

        (2)         If an application is made for statutory compensation in respect of injury suffered by a victim, financial loss suffered by a dependant, or grief suffered by a spouse, domestic partner or parent—

            (a)         in consequence of a series of offences committed consecutively by one offender, or a series of offences committed simultaneously or consecutively by offenders acting in concert; or

            (b)         in circumstances in which those offences constitute a single incident,

the court may make only one order for statutory compensation in respect of the injury, loss or grief.