Victorian Numbered Regulations

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT NO. 1 RULES 2014 (SR NO 13 OF 2014) - REG 4

For Rule 7(1) of the Victims of Crime Assistance Rules 2010 ^[1] substitute —

    "(1)     Unless subrule (2) applies, an application for assistance to the Tribunal must be lodged with or posted to a registrar of the Tribunal—

        (a)     at the venue of the Tribunal nominated by the Chief Magistrate; or

        (b)     in the absence of any nomination by the Chief Magistrate—

              (i)     at the venue of the Tribunal that is closest to the applicant's place of residence; or

              (ii)     if there is more than one applicant in relation to an act of violence and the applicants are not close family members, at the venue of the Tribunal that is closest to the place where the act of violence occurred.

    (1A)     For the purposes of subrule (1)(a), the Chief Magistrate may from time to time, by notice published in the Government Gazette, nominate a venue of the Tribunal as the venue at which an application must be lodged with or posted to, whether generally or for a particular class of application.".

Dated:     8 April 2014

PETER LAURITSEN,
Chief Magistrate

BARRY B. BRAUN,
Deputy Chief Magistrate

JELENA POPOVIC,
Deputy Chief Magistrate

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