Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
alleged offence means a crime, misdemeanour or
simple offence of which no person has been convicted;
applicant means a person who makes a compensation
application;
assessor means the Chief Assessor, or an assessor,
appointed under Schedule 1 clause 2;
CEO means the chief executive officer of the
department of the Public Service that principally assists the Minister in the
administration of this Act;
Chief Assessor means the Chief Assessor of
Criminal Injuries Compensation appointed under Schedule 1 clause 2(1);
close relative has the meaning given by section 4;
compensation application means an application for
criminal injuries compensation made under Part 2;
compensation award means an award of compensation
made under Part 4;
compensation reimbursement order means an order
made under section 52 of this Act, or section 39(1) of the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act 1985 1 ;
convicted has a meaning affected by section 5;
health professional means —
(a) a
person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
(Western Australia) in the dental profession whose name is entered on the
Dentists Division of the Register of Dental Practitioners kept under that Law
or under a law of another place that is substantially similar to that Law; or
(b) a
person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
(Western Australia) in the medical profession or under a law of another place
that is substantially similar to that Law; or
(c) a
person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
(Western Australia) in the psychology profession or under a law of another
place that is substantially similar to that Law;
injury means bodily harm, mental and nervous
shock, or pregnancy;
interested person , in relation to a compensation
application or to a compensation award made on such an application, means
—
(a) the
applicant; or
(b) a
person who an assessor thinks may become liable under Part 6 to pay an amount
to the State; or
(c) the
CEO;
loss has the meaning given by section 6;
offence means an alleged offence or a proved
offence;
personal representative , of a deceased person,
means —
(a) the
executor or the administrator of the deceased’s estate;
(b) in
the absence of such an executor or administrator, a person who satisfies an
assessor that the person is entitled to apply to be the executor or
administrator of the deceased’s estate;
proved offence means a crime, misdemeanour or
simple offence of which a person has been convicted;
record means any record of information, whether
made on paper, electronically or otherwise and whether in writing or
otherwise;
satisfied means satisfied on the balance of
probabilities;
victim means a person who suffers injury, or who
dies, as a consequence of the commission of an offence.
[Section 3 amended: No. 29 of 2004 s. 4; No. 28 of
2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 5 of 2008 s. 30; No. 21 of 2008 s. 655(2); No. 22 of
2008 Sch. 3 cl. 14; No. 35 of 2010 s. 54; No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]