Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009

The person deciding an application for amendment of the grant of assistance under this part may—

change the amount of assistance granted, by increasing or decreasing the amount; or

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

However, the person may decrease the amount of assistance granted only if—

the applicant has asked for the decrease; or

the decrease relates to unpaid assistance for expenses reasonably likely to be incurred, and the expenses have not been incurred and are not reasonably likely to be incurred; or

the decrease relates to unpaid assistance for loss of earnings and, as a result of a change in the applicant’s circumstances, the applicant’s loss of earnings is lower than the loss of earnings that formed the basis on which the unpaid assistance was granted.Example of a change in circumstances for paragraph (c)—

The applicant returns to work earlier than expected.

In this section—

unpaid assistance means assistance that has been granted but not paid.