Queensland Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 171

171 Personal offences in the series constitute single act of violence

(1) For applying chapter 3 to an application mentioned in section 170(1)(c)—

(a) the personal offences in the series of related offences are taken to be a single act of violence; and

(b) assistance may be granted to the person only for the single act of violence.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), if a person makes 2 or more applications as mentioned in section 170(1)(c), sections 70 and 83(4) apply in relation to the applications—

(a) as if a reference in the sections to a series of related crimes included a reference to a series of related offences within the meaning of section 170(2); and

(b) even if 1 or more of the applications were made under this part and 1 or more of the applications were made under chapter 3.