Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 - SECT 33

Determination without hearing

33. Determination without hearing



(1) The Tribunal may determine an application, or make a decision in relation
to an application, without conducting a hearing if-

   (a)  the applicant has stated in the application a wish for the Tribunal to
        do so; or

   (b)  the applicant consents in writing to the Tribunal doing so at any time
        after the application is lodged with, or posted to, a registrar of the
        Tribunal; or

   (c)  the application is for, or the decision is in relation to, the making
        of an interim award of assistance unless the Tribunal considers that,
        in the particular circumstances, a hearing is necessary or desirable.

(2) If it does so, it must notify the applicant of its decision including
details of-

   (a)  the amount, if any, of assistance awarded; and

   (b)  the purpose or purposes for which the assistance is awarded; and

   (c)  any conditions to which the award is subject; and

   (d)  the person or persons to whom assistance is payable; and

   (e)  any other order made by the Tribunal.