Queensland Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 32

32 Relationship generally

(1) This section states the assistance for which the person is eligible if the person is paid compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act.

(2) If the person is a primary victim, the person is eligible for the following assistance—

(a) assistance under section 38 (1) for—

(i) the components mentioned in section 39 (f) and (g) ; and

(ii) special assistance as mentioned in subsection (6) ;

(b) additional assistance under section 38 (2) .

(3) If the person is a witness secondary victim of a more serious act of violence, the person is eligible for the following assistance—

(a) assistance under section 44 (1) (a) for the component mentioned in section 45 (f) ;

(b) additional assistance under section 44 (2) ;

(c) funeral expense assistance.

(4) If the person is a witness secondary victim of a less serious act of violence, the person is eligible for funeral expense assistance.

(5) If the person is a related victim of an act of violence, the person is eligible for the following assistance—

(a) assistance under section 48 (1) for—

(i) the components mentioned in section 49 (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) and (g) ; and

(ii) non-expense assistance as mentioned in subsection (7) ;

(b) additional assistance under section 48 (2) .

(6) For subsection (2) (a) (ii) , the person is eligible for the following special assistance—

(a) if the person has not been paid any lump sum compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act—special assistance of the amount that would ordinarily be payable to the person;

(b) if the person has been paid lump sum compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act of an amount that is less than the amount of special assistance that would ordinarily be payable to the person—special assistance of the difference between the special assistance that would ordinarily be payable and the lump sum compensation paid.

(7) For subsection (5) (a) (ii) , the person is eligible for non-expense assistance—

(a) only if the amount of the compensation paid under the Workers’ Compensation Act is less than the amount of the non-expense assistance that would ordinarily be payable to the person; and

(b) only for the difference between the non-expense assistance that would ordinarily be payable to the person and the compensation paid under the Workers’ Compensation Act.

(8) In this section—

"non-expense assistance" means the total amount of assistance for the components mentioned in section 49 (e) and (f) .