CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 134 Crime Prevention and Victims' Aid Fund

CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 134

    (1)     There shall continue to be a Trust Fund called the Crime Prevention and Victims' Aid Fund within the Public Account and the following must be paid into it—

        (a)     all money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of the Fund;

        (b)     all money received by the State from the Confiscated Assets Trust Fund established under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 of the Commonwealth;

        (c)     all other money received for the purposes of the Fund.

    (2)     The Minister may pay out of the Fund any sums that he or she deems fit, and subject to any conditions, limitations or restrictions that he or she determines, for or towards—

        (a)     organisations involved in providing information, support or assistance to victims of crime; or

        (b)     the development or co-ordination of programs or services for the provision of information, support or assistance to victims of crime; or

        (c)     the development, implementation, co-ordination or evaluation of crime prevention and control programs; or

        (d)     criminological research.

S. 134(3) amended by No. 55/2014 s. 44, repealed by No. 79/2014 s. 43.

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S. 134A inserted by No. 79/2014 s. 44.