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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 159

159 Application of sdiv 1

(1) This subdivision applies if--

(a) a person could have, if this chapter had not commenced, applied for the payment of an amount for injury suffered because of a previous prescribed offence committed before the commencement, under--
(i) section 33 or 34 of the repealed Act; or
(ii) section 663D of the repealed Criminal Code chapter; and
(b) at the commencement, the person has not made an application under a provision mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) for the injury.
Note--
See division 7 if, at the commencement, the period within which a person could have applied for the payment of an amount mentioned in subsection (1)(a) has already expired.

(2) For subsection (1), it is immaterial--

(a) whether the person's injury is suffered before or after the commencement, or over a period starting before the commencement and ending after the commencement; and
(b) for a person whose entitlement to make the application arose because of an event mentioned in section 150, definition relevant event, paragraph (a), (b), (d) or (g)--whether the relevant event happens before or after the commencement; and
(c) for a person to whom subsection (1)(a)(i) applies--whether the person's entitlement to apply for the payment mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is the result of an order made under section 41 of the repealed Act before the commencement.


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