Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 - SECT 34

Fixing time and place for hearing

34. Fixing time and place for hearing



(1) If the Tribunal decides to conduct a hearing of an application, it must
fix a time and place for the hearing and give the applicant reasonable notice
of it.

(2) The Tribunal may give notice of the time and place for the hearing to any
other person whom the Tribunal considers to have a legitimate interest in the
matter.

(3) The Tribunal must not under subsection (2) give notice of the time and
place for the hearing to the person who committed, or is alleged to have
committed, the act of violence without first giving the applicant an
opportunity to be heard on the issue of whether or not that notice should be
given.