Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from subregulation (1)(a) "Court" and substituting "VAU" ;

(b) by omitting subsubparagraphs (A) and (B) from subregulation (1)(b)(iv) and substituting the following subsubparagraphs:

(A) a single offence; or

(B) a series of offences committed by the same offender; or

(C) a series of offences committed simultaneously or consecutively by offenders acting in concert;

(c) by inserting the following subsubparagraph after subsubparagraph (A) in subregulation (1)(b)(xii) :

(AA) by the conduct of a hearing in respect of a matter other than the amount of the award; or

(d) by omitting from subregulation (1)(b)(xii)(B) "filed in Court" and substituting "lodged with the VAU" ;

(e) by omitting from subregulation (1)(b)(xiii)(B) "number of incidents or occurrences of criminal conduct" and substituting "occurrence of a single offence or a series of offences" ;

(f) by omitting from subregulation (1)(b)(xiii)(D) " section 5 " and substituting " section 6" ;

(g) by omitting from subregulation (5)(c) "Court" first occurring and substituting "VAU" ;

(h) by omitting from subregulation (5)(c)(i) "filing" and substituting "lodging" ;

(i) by omitting from subregulation (5)(c)(ii) "filing" and substituting "lodging" ;

(j) by omitting from subregulation (5)(c)(ii) "Court" and substituting "VAU" .

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 1 June 2005

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Criminal Injuries Compensation Regulations 2000 by –

(a) renaming the regulations; and

(b) prescribing the maximum award payable in respect of criminal conduct; and

(c) making minor amendments to the requirements for applications for such awards.