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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 83
Dealing with application if applicant has earlier application
83 Dealing with application if applicant has earlier application
(1) This section applies if an applicant for assistance has made an earlier
application for assistance for the same act of violence.
(2) The government
assessor must refuse the later application.
(3) However, if the earlier
application has not been decided, the government assessor may act under
subsection (2) only if— (a) the applicant has been invited to withdraw the
earlier application under section 59 within a stated period of at least 7
days; and
(b) the applicant has not withdrawn the earlier application within
the stated time.
Note— See also section 60 for amendments of applications.
(4) Also, if the earlier application has not been decided and the government
assessor considers the applications relate to a series of related crimes or a
series of related acts of domestic violence, the government assessor— (a)
must not refuse the later application under subsection (2) ; and
(b) must
refer the earlier and later applications to the scheme manager to be dealt
with under section 70 . Note— Section 70 provides for deciding 2 or more
applications for a series of related crimes, or a series of related acts of
domestic violence, as 1 application for a single act of violence involving the
series.
(5) Subsection (2) does not apply if 1 of the applications is an
application for victim assistance and the other application is for funeral
expense assistance.
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