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Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
111ACompensation to offenders in custody—payment to Victims Support Fund
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#### 111A Compensation to offenders in custody—payment to Victims Support Fund
111A Compensation to offenders in custody—payment to Victims Support Fund
> > (1) In this section—
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> > offender damages means damages ordered by the Tribunal under this Division to be paid to a person—
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> > > (a) by way of compensation for any loss or damage suffered by reason of the conduct of a protected defendant that occurred while the person was an offender in custody, or
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> > > (b) by way of compensation for failure by a protected defendant to comply with an order of the Tribunal made in connection with a complaint about any such conduct.
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> > offender in custody and protected defendant have the same meanings as in Part 2A (Special provisions for offenders in custody) of the [Civil Liability Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-022).
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> > (2) A protected defendant who is liable to pay offender damages to a person must not pay the damages to the person and instead must pay the amount of the damages into the Victims Support Fund established under the [Victims Rights and Support Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-037) to be expended as money forming part of that Fund.
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> > (3) Payment of an amount of damages into the Victims Support Fund by a protected defendant pursuant to this section discharges the protected defendant’s liability to pay the damages to the person to whom the damages were ordered to be paid.
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> > (4) This section extends to any interest that accrues on an amount of damages and a reference in this section to damages includes interest on damages.
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> > (5) This section does not apply to any costs payable pursuant to an order of the Tribunal.
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> > (6) This section does not apply to any offender damages that are excluded by the regulations from the operation of this section.
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> **s 111A:** Ins 2007 No 3, Sch 1 \[1\]. Am 2013 No 37, Sch 3.2 \[1\] \[2\].