Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009

For applying section 164 and chapter 3 to the application for assistance—

the previous prescribed offence is taken to be an act of violence committed after the commencement; and

the person is taken to be a related victim of the act of violence; and

the person whose death in relation to which the person’s entitlement to make the application arose is taken to be the primary victim of the act of violence.

Deciding an application for assistance under this subdivision is subject to division 6.

Note—

Division 6 provides for how applications by dependants or family members must be treated if some are made under the repealed Act and some are made under this subdivision.