Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A victim is a person who has suffered harm--
(a) because a crime is committed against the person; or
(b) because the person is a family member or dependant of a person who has died or suffered harm because a crime is committed against that person; or
(c) as a direct result of intervening to help a person who has died or suffered harm because a crime is committed against that person.
(2) A person who commits a crime against a person as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is not a victim of the crime under subsection (1)(b) or (c).