CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 104Y Notice to victims published

CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 104Y

    (1)     The Secretary must publish a notice advising of an award of damages to a prisoner as soon as practicable after the amount of damages is paid to the Secretary under section 104V.

    (2)     The notice must—

        (a)     state that the award of damages has been made to the prisoner in a claim against the State but must not state the amount of the award of damages;

        (b)     state the name of the prisoner and any other names by which the prisoner is known;

        (c)     state that money in that award has been paid to a prisoner compensation quarantine fund;

        (d)     state the initial quarantine period for that fund;

        (e)     invite victims in relation to criminal acts of the prisoner to seek further information from the Secretary about the fund;

        (f)     contain contact details for seeking that further information.

    (3)     The notice must be published—

        (a)     in the Government Gazette; and

        (b)     in a daily newspaper circulating generally in Victoria; and

        (c)     a daily newspaper circulating generally in Australia.

    (4)     The Secretary may also publish the notice on the Internet.

S. 104Z inserted by No. 50/2008 s. 3.