Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 - SECT 56

Interim awards

56. Interim awards



(1) Pending the final determination of an application for assistance, the
Tribunal may make an interim award of assistance in any circumstances that it
considers appropriate.



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(3) If an interim award is made but the application for assistance is
subsequently dismissed, on dismissing the application the Tribunal may order
that the amount of the interim award is a debt due to the State by the
applicant.

(4) If, on finally determining the application, the Tribunal decides to award
assistance to the applicant, it must deduct the amount of any interim award
from the amount of assistance that it would otherwise have awarded.

(5) Sections 50(2) and (3) and 55 apply to an interim award in the same way
that they apply to a final award.

Division 5-Rules and practice notes