Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 - SECT 69

Payments to and from Consolidated Fund

69. Payments to and from Consolidated Fund



(1) The costs and expenses of establishing, maintaining and administering the
Tribunal together with the amounts of assistance ordered by the Tribunal or,
on a review under section 59, by the Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal to be paid under this Act and costs and expenses awarded to
applicants shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund which is, by this
subsection, accordingly appropriated to the necessary extent.

(2) If the Tribunal makes an award of assistance under this Act, it must cause
an order in writing to be drawn up and given to the person to whom the award
is made.



(3) Money is only payable out of the Consolidated Fund in satisfaction of an
award of assistance on presentation of a written order of the Tribunal or the
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, as the case requires.

(4) All money refunded under this Act or, subject to section 51, otherwise
paid to or recovered by the State in accordance with this Act must be paid
into the Consolidated Fund.