Victorian Current Acts

SENTENCING ACT 1991 - SECT 85I

If a court decides to make a compensation order, it must reduce the amount of the compensation by the amount of—

        (a)     any award made to the victim under the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 ; or

        (b)     any assistance paid to the victim under the Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Act 2022 —

for the expense or other matter for which compensation is being sought under this Subdivision.

S. 85J
inserted by No. 54/2000 s. 21.