Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) For the purposes
of this section, 2 or more offences are related to one another if an assessor
is satisfied —
(a) that
they were committed at approximately the same time, whether by one person or
by 2 or more persons acting in concert; or
(b) that
they are related for any other reason.
(2) If as a
consequence of the commission of 2 or more related offences, a person —
(a)
suffers injury; or
(b)
suffers loss as the close relative of a victim who dies as a consequence of
one of the offences; or
(c)
suffers both injury as described in paragraph (a) and loss as described in
paragraph (b),
the amounts awarded
under section 30(1) and (3) in favour of the person for the injury described
in paragraph (a) and any loss also suffered and for the loss described in
paragraph (b) must not in aggregate exceed the maximum amount that may be
awarded for the last one of the offences to be committed.
(3) Despite subsection
(2), if a person is a close relative of 2 or more victims who die as a
consequence of 2 or more related offences and as a result of 2 or more of
those deaths —
(a)
suffers injury; or
(b)
suffers loss as the close relative; or
(c)
suffers both injury as described in paragraph (a) and loss as described in
paragraph (b),
the amounts awarded
under section 30(1) and (3) in favour of the person for the injury described
in paragraph (a) and any loss also suffered and for the loss described in
paragraph (b) must not in aggregate exceed twice the maximum amount that may
be awarded for the last one of the offences to be committed.