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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 94
Paying assistance to someone else
94 Paying assistance to someone else
(1) Assistance may be paid, entirely or partly, to someone else for the
benefit of the applicant if— (a) the assistance is for unpaid expenses and
the assistance is paid to the person who gave the invoice for the expenses; or
(b) the assistance is for expenses paid by a person other than the applicant
and the assistance is paid to the person who paid the expenses; or
(c) the
applicant is a child, and the assistance is lump sum assistance and is paid to
the public trustee to be held on trust under the Public Trustee Act 1978 ; or
(d) the applicant is an adult with an impaired capacity for a
prescribed financial matter who has an administrator for the matter, and the
assistance is lump sum assistance and is paid to the administrator; or
(e)
the applicant is an adult with an impaired capacity for a
prescribed financial matter who does not have an administrator for the matter
but has appointed an attorney for the matter under an enduring power of
attorney, and the assistance is lump sum assistance and is paid to the
attorney.
(2) In this section—
"lump sum assistance" means— (a) special assistance; or
(b) assistance for
loss of earnings; or
(c) assistance as mentioned in section 49 (e) or (f) .
"prescribed financial matter" means the financial matter of receiving
lump sum assistance.
"unpaid expenses" means expenses for which an invoice has been given but have
not been paid.
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