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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2006 (NO 15 OF 2006)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Objects
4. Definitions
5. Violent act
6. Injury
7. Compensable injury and standard amount
8. Form of applications and lodgment at CVSU
PART 2--ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE
Division 1 -- Categories of victims of violent acts and eligibility
9. Primary victim
10. Primary victim's eligibility to apply for assistance
11. Secondary victim
12. Secondary victim's eligibility to apply for assistance
13. Family victim
14. Family victim's eligibility to apply for assistance
15. Related victim
16. Related victim's eligibility to apply for counselling
Division 2 -- Miscellaneous matters
17. Eligibility if injury suffered in motor accident
18. Eligibility if injury suffered in course of employment
19. Deceased primary victim's estate
PART 3--VICTIMS COUNSELLING SCHEME
20. Establishment of Victims Counselling Scheme
21. Approval of counsellors and organisations
22. Application for counselling
PART 4--VICTIMS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME
Division 1 -- Preliminary matters
23. Establishment of Victims Financial Assistance Scheme
24. Assessors
25. Applications for financial assistance generally
Division 2 -- Immediate payments of financial assistance
26. Application to Director for immediate payment
27. Decision about immediate payment
28. Effect of decision
29. Payment
Division 3 -- Applications for awards of financial assistance
30. Application to Director for award
31. Time limit for lodging application
32. Form of application
33. Procedure after acceptance of application
Division 4 -- Deciding applications for awards of financial assistance
34. Deciding application and deferring decision
35. Examination of and report about applicant
36. Obtaining information and documents
37. Matters to be established initially
38. Award to primary victim
39. Award to secondary victims
40. Award to family victims
41. When award may be reduced
42. When award must be reduced
43. When financial assistance must not be awarded
44. Notice of decision
Division 5 -- Payments, increases and refunds of financial assistance
45. Payment of financial assistance
46. Increase of financial assistance
47. Refund of financial assistance
Division 6 -- Appeals
48. Decisions that may be appealed
49. Nature of appeal
50. Determination of appeal
51. Reservation of question of law
52. Operation and implementation of decision
53. No appeal to Supreme Court
Division 7 -- Legal representation and costs
54. Applications
55. Appeals
PART 5--RECOVERY OF MONEY FROM OFFENDERS
56. Territory may recover from offender
57. Recovery by set-off
58. No appeal to Supreme Court
59. Recovered money to be paid into Fund
PART 6--VICTIMS ASSISTANCE FUND AND LEVY
60. Victims Assistance Fund
61. Imposition of levy
PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
62. Preservation of civil claim for damages
63. Obstruction and providing false information
64. Inadmissibility of certain information in proceedings
65. Guidelines
66. Approved forms
67. Delegations
68. Protection from liability
69. Regulations
70. Review after 3 years
PART 8--REPEALS AND TRANSITIONAL MATTERS FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2006
71. Definitions
72. Repeals
73. Repealed Act applies to application for assistance certificate
74. Application of Act to violent act
75. Fund
SCHEDULE
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