South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated ActsThe objects of this Act are—
(a) to
give statutory recognition to victims of crime and the harm that they suffer
from criminal offending; and
(b) to
establish principles governing how victims of crime are to be treated by
public agencies and officials; and
(c) to
help victims of crime recover from the effects of criminal offending and to
advance their welfare in other ways; and
(d) to
provide from public funds limited monetary compensation to victims most
directly affected by criminal offending.