Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009

This section applies if the scheme manager has given a person an amendment notice for a grant of assistance.

Sections 65 to 67B and 74 to 77 (the applied provisions) apply in relation to the amendment notice as if the notice were an application for assistance.

However, the scheme manager may obtain information under an applied provision only if the scheme manager reasonably requires the information to decide whether the person has received, or is likely to receive, an uncounted relevant payment.

For subsection (2), the applied provisions apply as if a reference in the provisions to—

the government assessor were a reference to the scheme manager; and

deciding an application for assistance were a reference to deciding whether the person has received, or is likely to receive, an uncounted relevant payment; and

the applicant were a reference to the person; and

an act of violence in relation to which assistance is sought were a reference to the act of violence in relation to which the assistance was granted.

If the scheme manager asks an entity for information under an applied provision, the scheme manager must, within 28 days after the request is made, give the person a notice stating the name of the entity from whom information has been requested.