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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 7
Victims charter does not give legal rights or affect legal rights or obligations
7 Victims charter does not give legal rights or affect legal rights or
obligations
(1) The rights stated in the victims charter— (a) are not enforceable by
criminal or civil redress; and
(b) do not affect the validity, or give
grounds for review, of anything done or not done, or a decision made or not
made, in contravention of them; and
(c) do not affect the operation of any
other law, including, for example— (i) the Criminal Practice Rules 1999 and
the rules of evidence in criminal proceedings; and
(ii) the Criminal Code ,
chapter 62 , chapter division 3 ; and
(d) do not affect
confidentiality obligations applying to a prescribed person.
(2) Subsection
(1) does not prevent disciplinary action being taken against a
prescribed person who contravenes processes for implementing the rights stated
in the victims charter that have been adopted by the government entity or
non-government entity responsible for the prescribed person’s conduct.
(3)
In this section—
"confidentiality obligation" means an obligation to maintain confidentiality
about particular information under an Act, oath, or rule of law or practice.
"criminal or civil redress" means a proceeding for the enforcement of a right
or obligation, whether the right or obligation is substantive or procedural,
direct or indirect.
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