Queensland Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 167

167 Existing application for compensation order of court

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person has applied to a court for an order requiring the payment of compensation under either of the following (each the
"repealed provision" )—

(i) section 24 of the repealed Act (including an application made under section 42 of that Act);

(ii) section 663B of the repealed Criminal Code chapter; and

(b) the application has not been finally decided before the commencement.

(2) The court must hear, or continue to hear, and decide the application under the repealed provision.

(3) For subsection (2), the repealed provision, and any other provisions of the repealed legislation that are necessary or convenient to be used in relation to the application, continue to apply as if this chapter had not commenced.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3), section 28(1) of the repealed Act continues to apply in relation to the making of an order under section 24 of the repealed Act.

Note—

Division 8 provides for the application of the repealed legislation in relation to an order made under the repealed provision, including an order made after the commencement.