Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 2016 - SECT 63

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a person (the applicant ) has applied for financial assistance or a funeral expense payment; and

        (b)     the commissioner has decided the amount of—

              (i)     financial assistance that the applicant is entitled to receive under section 46 (Deciding amount of financial assistance); or

              (ii)     a funeral expense payment the applicant is entitled to receive under section 60 (Deciding application for funeral expense payment); and

        (c)     the applicant is entitled to receive an associated payment in relation to the act of violence that is the subject of the application.

    (2)     If the commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that the applicant is entitled to receive a payment that will amount to an associated payment once made, the commissioner may suspend payment of any financial assistance or funeral expense payment until after the associated payment is made.

    (3)     If the commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that, despite an entitlement to an associated payment, the payment is unlikely to be made, the commissioner may decide not to suspend payment of any financial assistance or funeral expense payment.