Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person who
suffers injury as a consequence of the commission of a proved offence may
apply for compensation for the injury and any loss also suffered.
(2) If a person, being
a close relative of a person who dies as a consequence of the commission of a
proved offence, suffers loss as a result of the death, the personal
representative of the deceased may apply for compensation for that loss.
(3) An assessor must
not make a compensation award in respect of a compensation application made
under this section unless satisfied —
(a) if
the application is made under subsection (1) — that the claimed injury
and any claimed loss has occurred and did so as a consequence of the
commission of a proved offence;
(b) if
the application is made under subsection (2) — that the death occurred
as a consequence of the commission of a proved offence and that the claimed
loss has occurred.