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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 114
Obtaining information from court
114 Obtaining information from court
(1) The scheme manager may, for the purpose of the State recovering an amount
from a person under this part, ask the registrar of a court— (a) to confirm
whether a stated person has been convicted of a relevant offence for a stated
act of violence for which assistance has been granted; or
(b) for a stated
person who has been convicted of a relevant offence for an act of violence for
which assistance has been granted—for information about— (i) the offence;
and
(ii) the sentence imposed on the person, including, whether the
sentencing court made, under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 35
(1) , an order requiring the person to pay someone else an amount by way of
restitution or compensation; or
(c) the identifying particulars for a stated
person, including— (i) the person’s full name, date of birth and gender;
and
(ii) the person’s address or, if the person has been sentenced to a
period of imprisonment, the place at which the person is being detained for
the period.
(2) The registrar must give the requested information to the
scheme manager if the registrar is satisfied the information will help the
State to recover an amount under this part.
(3) The registrar may give the
requested information by allowing the scheme manager to access an electronic
database maintained for the court.
(4) If the registrar gives the scheme
manager access to an electronic database as mentioned in subsection (3) , the
access to, and the use of, the database is limited to the extent it is
connected with the requested information.
(5) The giving of information by
the registrar under subsection (2) is authorised despite any other Act or law,
including a law imposing an obligation to maintain confidentiality about the
information. Note— See section 140 for restrictions on disclosing or giving
access to information or documents obtained under this Act.
(6) In this
section—
"registrar" , in relation to a Magistrates Court, means the clerk of that
court.
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