Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 - SECT 52

Mandatory refusal of application

52. Mandatory refusal of application

The Tribunal must refuse to make an award of assistance if-

   (a)  it is satisfied that-

   (i)  the act of violence was not reported to the police within a reasonable
        time; or

   (ii) the applicant failed to provide reasonable assistance to any person or
        body duly engaged in the investigation of the act of violence or in
        the arrest or prosecution of any person by whom the act of violence
        was committed or alleged to have been committed- unless the Tribunal
        considers that special circumstances brought about that result; or

   (b)  the application is made in collusion with the person who committed or
        is alleged to have committed the act of violence; or

   (c)  an earlier application for assistance by the applicant in any capacity
        arising from the same act of violence has been made, whether or not
        the earlier application has been determined; or



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