Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 - SECT 70A

Money held by Tribunal for person under disability

70A. Money held by Tribunal for person under disability



(1) Unless the Tribunal orders otherwise, money held by the Tribunal on trust
for a person under disability immediately before the commencement of section 9
of the Courts Legislation (Funds in Court) Act 2004 must be paid into the
Supreme Court by payment to the Senior Master of the Supreme Court to be held
in that Court on behalf of the person under disability.

(2) Unless the Tribunal orders otherwise, in any proceeding in the Tribunal in
which an award of assistance is made for the benefit of a person under
disability, that award must be made payable to the Senior Master of the
Supreme Court and paid to the Senior Master and held in that Court on behalf
of the person under disability.

(3) Money paid to the Senior Master under subsection (1) or (2) is to be held
by the Senior Master as if an order had been made in a proceeding in the
Supreme Court that the money be paid into court to be held on behalf of the
person under disability and as if that money had been paid into court in
accordance with that order.

(4) Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 70 of this Act or
section 66 of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986.