Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009

Assistance may be paid, entirely or partly, to someone else for the benefit of the applicant if—

the assistance is for unpaid expenses and the assistance is paid to the person who gave the invoice for the expenses; or

the assistance is for expenses paid by a person other than the applicant and the assistance is paid to the person who paid the expenses; or

the applicant is a child, and the assistance is lump sum assistance and is paid to the public trustee to be held on trust under the Public Trustee Act 1978; or

the applicant is an adult with an impaired capacity for a prescribed financial matter who has an administrator for the matter, and the assistance is lump sum assistance and is paid to the administrator; or

the applicant is an adult with an impaired capacity for a prescribed financial matter who does not have an administrator for the matter but has appointed an attorney for the matter under an enduring power of attorney, and the assistance is lump sum assistance and is paid to the attorney.

In this section—

lump sum assistance means—

special assistance; or

assistance for loss of earnings; or

assistance as mentioned in section 49(e) or (f).

prescribed financial matter means the financial matter of receiving lump sum assistance.

unpaid expenses means expenses for which an invoice has been given but have not been paid.