Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009

A primary victim, of an act of violence, is a person who dies or is injured as a direct result of the act being committed against the person.

A secondary victim, of an act of violence, is a person who is a parent secondary victim or witness secondary victim of the act.

A parent secondary victim, of an act of violence, is a person who—

is a parent of a child who is injured as a direct result of the act being committed against the child; and

is injured as a direct result of becoming aware of the act.

A witness secondary victim, of an act of violence, is a person who is injured as a direct result of witnessing the act.

A related victim, of an act of violence, is a person who is a close family member, or a dependant, of a primary victim of the act who has died as a direct result of the act.

However, a person is not a victim of an act of violence, of a kind mentioned in subsections (1) to (5), if the person committed the act.

In this section—

close family member, of a primary victim of an act of violence who has died as a direct result of the act, means a family member of the primary victim who had a genuine personal relationship with the primary victim when the primary victim died.