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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.319TNotice to potential claimants
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### sec.319T Notice to potential claimants
The chief executive must, within 1 month after receiving the copy of the receipt mentioned in section 319Q (3) , give each potential claimant a written notice stating—
the name of the person in relation to whom relevant money has been awarded (the relevant person ); and
that there is a victim trust fund; and
that the potential claimant may have a victim claim against the relevant person and that the victim claim may be payable from the victim trust fund; and
the period within which the potential claimant must start a proceeding in a court on a victim claim to have an eligible victim claim against the relevant person; and
the other steps the potential claimant must take for the potential claimant to have an eligible victim claim against the relevant person.
The chief executive is taken to have complied with subsection (1) if the chief executive—
gives a written notice to each potential claimant at the address of the potential claimant last known to the chief executive; or
publishes a notice in the gazette containing the information mentioned in subsection (1) .
s 319T ins 2008 No. 53 s 4
(sec.319T-ssec.1) The chief executive must, within 1 month after receiving the copy of the receipt mentioned in section 319Q (3) , give each potential claimant a written notice stating— the name of the person in relation to whom relevant money has been awarded (the relevant person ); and that there is a victim trust fund; and that the potential claimant may have a victim claim against the relevant person and that the victim claim may be payable from the victim trust fund; and the period within which the potential claimant must start a proceeding in a court on a victim claim to have an eligible victim claim against the relevant person; and the other steps the potential claimant must take for the potential claimant to have an eligible victim claim against the relevant person.
(sec.319T-ssec.2) The chief executive is taken to have complied with subsection (1) if the chief executive— gives a written notice to each potential claimant at the address of the potential claimant last known to the chief executive; or publishes a notice in the gazette containing the information mentioned in subsection (1) .
- (a) the name of the person in relation to whom relevant money has been awarded (the relevant person ); and
- (b) that there is a victim trust fund; and
- (c) that the potential claimant may have a victim claim against the relevant person and that the victim claim may be payable from the victim trust fund; and
- (d) the period within which the potential claimant must start a proceeding in a court on a victim claim to have an eligible victim claim against the relevant person; and
- (e) the other steps the potential claimant must take for the potential claimant to have an eligible victim claim against the relevant person.
- (a) gives a written notice to each potential claimant at the address of the potential claimant last known to the chief executive; or
- (b) publishes a notice in the gazette containing the information mentioned in subsection (1) .