Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016

A financial payment (an immediate need payment) may be made to a person for reasonable expenses incurred, or expected to be incurred, for an immediate need that is related to an act of violence.

For this section, an expense is a reasonable expense if payment of the expense, at the time the application is made, is likely to—

promote the recovery of the person; or

prevent further harm to the person; or

limit further threats to the safety of the person.

A regulation may prescribe the following:

a particular immediate need for which an immediate need payment may be made;

a condition, if any, to making the immediate need payment;

the maximum amount, if any, of the payment for the need;

the maximum amount, if any, of all immediate need payments that may be made in relation to a single act of violence.