Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016

If the commissioner has decided the amount of financial assistance that an applicant for the assistance is entitled to receive, the assistance may be given in any of the following ways:

as a single payment, or a series of payments, to the applicant;

as payment of an invoice for, or on behalf of, the applicant;

as a refund of expenditure incurred by, or on behalf of, the applicant;

if the applicant is a child—as a payment to the public trustee and guardian to be held on trust for the applicant.

Division 3.7 Variation of amount of financial assistance