Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009

This section applies if—

a person has been granted assistance; and

the person’s circumstances have changed or are likely to change.

The person may apply to the scheme manager for an amendment of the grant to—

change the amount of assistance granted; or

change the conditions imposed on the grant, other than the condition imposed under section 89(2).

An application for amendment of the grant of assistance must be made—

if the assistance was granted to an adult—within 6 years after the assistance was originally granted; or

if the assistance was granted to a child—before the child turns 24.

The application must state the person’s circumstances that have changed or are likely to change.

Only 1 application for amendment of the grant of assistance may be made under this section in a calendar year.

Subsection (5) does not apply if the scheme manager is reasonably satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist to allow more than 1 application to be made in a calendar year.

Subsection (5) does not prevent an application being made if the person has been given an amendment notice under division 2 for the grant of assistance.