Queensland Consolidated Acts
[Index]
[Table]
[Search]
[Search this Act]
[Notes]
[Noteup]
[Previous]
[Next]
[Download]
[Help]
VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 88
Inviting submissions from applicant
88 Inviting submissions from applicant
(1) This section applies if— (a) under part 12 , division 3 , the government
assessor proposes to refuse an application for assistance; or
(b) under part
12 , division 5 , the government assessor proposes to reduce the assistance
that would otherwise be payable to an applicant.
(2) The government assessor
must give the applicant a notice— (a) stating— (i) the basis on which the
government assessor is proposing to refuse the application or reduce the
assistance that would otherwise be payable to the applicant; and
(ii) if the
government assessor is proposing to reduce the assistance that would otherwise
be payable to the applicant under section 86 (2) —the component of
assistance for which the government assessor is proposing to pay any remaining
amount of assistance payable to the applicant; and
(b) inviting the applicant
to make, within a stated time, an oral or written submission about the matter
mentioned in paragraph (a) .
(3) The stated time must be reasonable and, in
any case, at least 28 days after the government assessor gives the notice to
the applicant.
(4) Before deciding the application, the government assessor
must consider any submission made by the applicant within the stated time.
(5) Despite subsections (2) to (4) , the government assessor may decide the
application before the stated time if the applicant has advised the government
assessor that the applicant will not make a submission about the matter
mentioned in subsection (2) (a) .
AustLII: Copyright Policy
| Disclaimers
| Privacy Policy
| Feedback