Queensland Consolidated Regulations

RECORDING OF EVIDENCE REGULATION 2018 - REG 11

11 Government assessor or scheme manager under Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009

(1) This section applies to a government assessor or the scheme manager in performing any of the following functions under the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 —

(a) dealing with an application for assistance, or amendment of a grant of assistance, under chapter 3 of that Act;

(b) amending assistance under chapter 3 , part 15 of that Act;

(c) recovering, for the State, an amount from a person under chapter 3 , part 16 of that Act.

(2) The government assessor or scheme manager is entitled to—

(a) 1 free copy of an existing transcription of a record under the Act of—

(i) a criminal proceeding relating to a relevant offence for the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or

(ii) a proceeding under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 relating to the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or

(b) free electronic access to an audio record of a proceeding mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) or (ii) .

(3) The copy mentioned in subsection (2) (a) may be issued—

(a) in printed form or electronic form; and

(b) even if the proceeding has ended.

(4) In this section—

"government assessor" see the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 , schedule 3 .

"relevant offence" , for an act of violence, see the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 , schedule 3 .

"scheme manager" see the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 , schedule 3 .