Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 2016 - SECT 15

    (1)     In this Act:

"class C related victim" means a person who, at the time a primary victim dies—

        (a)     is financially independent of the primary victim; and

        (b)     is a family member of the primary victim.

    (2)     In this section:

"family member", of a primary victim, means a person who is—

        (a)     a brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother or half-sister of the primary victim; or

        (b)     if the primary victim was an Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander person—regarded, in accordance with the traditions and customs of the primary victim's Aboriginal community or Torres Strait Islander community, as a person mentioned in paragraph (a).