Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016

In this Act:

class C related victim means a person who, at the time a primary victim dies—

is financially independent of the primary victim; and

is a family member of the primary victim.

In this section:

family member, of a primary victim, means a person who is—

a brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half‑brother or half‑sister of the primary victim; or

if the primary victim was an Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander person—regarded, in accordance with the traditions and customs of the primary victim’s Aboriginal community or Torres Strait Islander community, as a person mentioned in paragraph (a).