Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009

The scheme manager must, as soon as practicable after receiving an application for assistance, choose an appropriately qualified government assessor to deal with the application.

Note—

See section 130 for the requirement that a government assessor disclose interests that may conflict with the performance of functions in relation to the application.

From time to time, the scheme manager may assign another appropriately qualified government assessor to deal with the application, whether in addition to or in place of the government assessor previously assigned under subsection (1) or section 130.

In this section—

appropriately qualified, for dealing with an application for assistance, means appropriately qualified having regard to—

the complexity of the issues involved; and

any other matter the scheme manager considers relevant.