Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance) Act 2016

Application material, or information about its contents, is not admissible in evidence in a court proceeding.

No‑one may be compelled, in or in relation to a court proceeding—

to produce a document that is application material; or

to disclose application material or information about its contents.

However, this section does not apply to a court proceeding—

under or in relation to this Act; or

for an offence that involves dishonesty in which the application material is a fact in issue; or

related to a proceeding mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

In this section:

application material means—

an application—

for financial assistance; or

under section 49 to vary an amount of financial assistance; or

under section 52 for a funeral expense payment; or

a document accompanying the application; or

any other document given to an official about the application (whether or not given by the applicant); or

an oral communication made to an official about the application (whether or not made by the applicant); or

a document prepared by an official in relation to the application.

official—see section 85.