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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 67B

Obtaining information about relevant payments from SPER registrar

67B Obtaining information about relevant payments from SPER registrar

(1) The government assessor may ask the SPER registrar for information about compensation amounts for a stated act of violence in relation to which assistance is sought.
(2) The SPER registrar must comply with the request if the registrar is reasonably satisfied the government assessor reasonably requires the information to decide the application.
(3) The giving of information by the SPER 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.
(4) In this section—

"compensation amount" , for an act of violence, means an amount—
(a) ordered by a court to be paid to a person, under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , by way of restitution or compensation for the act; and
(b) particulars of which are registered under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 , section 34 .



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