Queensland Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 49

49 Composition of assistance

The assistance granted under section 48 (1) to a related victim may consist of 1 or more of the following components—

(a) reasonable counselling expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim as a direct result of becoming aware of the primary victim’s death;

(b) reasonable medical expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim as a direct result of becoming aware of the primary victim’s death;

(c) reasonable incidental travel expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim as a direct result of becoming aware of the primary victim’s death;

(d) reasonable report expenses incurred by the victim for the victim’s application for assistance (including expenses incurred for an examination under section 73 );

(e) an amount of up to $20,000 that, but for the death of the primary victim of the act of violence, the related victim would have been reasonably likely to receive from the primary victim, during a period of up to 2 years after the primary victim’s death;

(f) an amount of up to $15,000 for distress suffered, or reasonably likely to be suffered, by the related victim as a direct result of the primary victim’s death;

(g) if exceptional circumstances exist for the victim, other reasonable expenses incurred, or reasonably likely to be incurred, by the victim to significantly help the victim recover from the primary victim’s death.

Examples of other reasonable expenses—

• relocation expenses

• costs of securing the victim’s place of residence or business