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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Victims of Crime Assistance Amendment Bill 2007
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 2
3 Special financial assistance to primary victims for significant
adverse effects 2
4 New section 79 inserted 3
79 Transitional provision (2007 Amending Act) 3
5 Repeal of Act 3
ENDNOTES 4
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Introduced in the Assembly
Victims of Crime Assistance
Amendment Bill 2007
A Bill for an Act to amend the Victims of Crime Assistance Act
1996 to increase the amounts of special financial assistance that may
be awarded under that Act and for other purposes.
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the Victims
of Crime Assistance Act 1996 to increase the
amounts of special financial assistance that may
5 be awarded to a primary victim of an act of
violence for significant adverse effects
experienced or suffered by the victim as a direct
result of that act.
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s. 2
2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on 1 July 2007.
3 Special financial assistance to primary victims for
significant adverse effects
5 See: For the Table in section 8A(5) of the Victims of
Act No.
81/1996. Crime Assistance Act 1996 substitute--
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as at "
1 December
2006 and Category
amending of act of
Act Nos violence Minimum amount Maximum amount
23/2006 and
48/2006. A $4667 or the higher $10 000 or the
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B $1300 or the higher $3250 or the higher
prescribed amount prescribed amount
applicable in applicable in
prescribed prescribed
circumstances circumstances
C $650 or the higher $1300 or the higher
prescribed amount prescribed amount
applicable in applicable in
prescribed prescribed
circumstances circumstances
D $130 or the higher $650 or the higher
prescribed amount prescribed amount
applicable in applicable in
prescribed prescribed
circumstances circumstances
".
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4 New section 79 inserted
After section 78 of the Victims of Crime
Assistance Act 1996 insert--
"79 Transitional provision (2007 Amending
5 Act)
(1) In this section commencement day means
1 July 2007.
(2) The amendment of this Act made by
section 3 of the Victims of Crime
10 Assistance Amendment Act 2007 applies
only with respect to acts of violence
occurring on or after the commencement day
and awards made under section 8A in respect
of such acts of violence.
15 (3) For the purposes of this section, if an act of
violence occurs between two dates, one
before and one on or after the
commencement day, the act of violence
occurs on or after the commencement day.".
20 5 Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on 1 July 2008.
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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