278Meaning of “victim”

278 Meaning of “victim”

278 Meaning of “victim”

(1) In this Part, victim means the following—

(a) a victim, in relation to an offender within the meaning of this Act, of—

(i) an offence for which the offender is serving a sentence of imprisonment, or

(ii) an offence taken into account under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, Part 3, Division 3 at the time the offender was sentenced for the offence referred to in subparagraph (i),

(b) a victim of a serious offence, if the offender is—

(i) an offender within the meaning of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, and

(ii) serving, or has at any time served, a sentence of imprisonment for the serious offence,

(c) a victim of an offence of a sexual nature, if the offender is—

(i) an offender within the meaning of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, and

(ii) serving a sentence of imprisonment for the offence of a sexual nature,

(d) a victim of an indictable offence, if the offence resulted in the offender being a convicted NSW terrorist offender or convicted NSW underlying terrorism offender.

(2) A victim includes a person who, as a direct result of an act committed, or apparently committed, by an offender or high risk offender in the course of an offence—

(a) suffers actual physical bodily harm, mental illness or nervous shock, or

(b) has property deliberately taken, destroyed or damaged.

(3) In this section, a reference to a sentence of imprisonment includes a sentence of imprisonment served by intensive correction, whether or not subject to a home detention condition.

(4) In this section—

offence of a sexual nature has the same meaning as in the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006.

serious offence has the same meaning as in the .