Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016

If the commissioner decides to take recovery action under this part the commissioner may, at any time, ask a government agency for the offender’s home address.

If a government agency has the information requested under subsection (1) the government agency must give the information to the commissioner unless any other Act, or State or Commonwealth law, prevents the information being given.

Note A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act, s 104).

In this section:

agency, of the Commonwealth or a State—

means—

a government department, however described, of the Commonwealth or State; or

a statutory office-holder of the Commonwealth or State; or

any other entity established for a public purpose under a law of the Commonwealth or State; and

includes the staff of the agency.

government agency means any of the following:

an administrative unit;

a Commonwealth or State agency;

a territory authority;

a territory instrumentality;

a territory-owned corporation;

a statutory office-holder and the staff assisting the statutory office-holder.

Part 7 Victims financial assistance levy