Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The maximum financial assistance that may be awarded to all the secondary victims of the same violent act is $40 000 (the "maximum amount"), even if the victims' financial loss and the standard amounts for the victims' compensable injuries exceed the maximum amount.
(2) The maximum financial assistance that may be awarded to each secondary victim for financial loss described in section 12(6) is $10 000, less any amount paid as an immediate payment, even if the victim's financial loss exceeds $10 000.
(3) The assessor may award a secondary victim financial assistance for one or more compensable injuries only if the total of the standard amount for the injury or injuries is at least $7 500.
(4) If the total financial assistance for all the secondary victims of the same violent act is assessed to be more than the maximum amount, the assessor must proportionately reduce each amount awarded.
(5) However, subsections (6) and (7) apply if any of the secondary victims witnessed the death of the primary victim at the scene of the violent act and, at the time of the death, were:
(a) the parents or guardians of the primary victim, being a child; or
(b) the children of the primary victim; or
(c) children under the guardianship of the primary victim.
(6) The assessor must award each of the secondary victims mentioned in subsection (5):
(a) the financial assistance as assessed; or
(b) if the total financial assistance for all of those secondary victims is assessed to be more than the maximum amount – financial assistance proportionately reduced.
(7) If the maximum amount has not been awarded under subsection (6), the assessor must award any other secondary victims the remaining financial assistance proportionately reduced.