Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1983 - SECT 59

    (1)     The Magistrates Court may, when it confirms a provisional order for restitution, reduce the amount to be paid under the provisional order having regard to—

        (a)     the financial means of the defendant; and

        (b)     any other matters that are, in the opinion of the court, relevant to the decision.

    (2)     The maximum amount that may be ordered to be paid under an order for restitution (whether made against 1 or more defendants) is the amount that has been paid to the assisted person under the final award to which the order relates.

    (3)     If an order for restitution is made against 2 or more defendants in relation to the same final award, each of the defendants is jointly and severally liable under the order.

    (4)     If the Magistrates Court decides under subsection (1) to reduce the amount payable by a defendant under an order made against 2 or more defendants, the court may confirm the order subject to the liability of the defendant concerned being limited under the order to an amount specified in the order.