Queensland Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 8

(1) A prescribed person in dealing with a victim is to--

(a) treat the victim with courtesy, compassion, respect and dignity; and

(b) take into account, and be responsive to, the particular needs of the victim, including, for example, needs relating to the victim's--

(i) age; or

(ii) sex or gender identity; or

(iii) race or indigenous background; or

(iv) cultural or linguistic diversity; or

(v) sexuality; or

(vi) impairment; or

(vii) religious belief.

(2) In this section--

victim includes a person who has suffered harm as a direct result of witnessing a crime committed against someone else.