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Magistrates' Court Act 1989
Div 1of Part 4 of the **Sentencing Act 1991** deals with restitution. Division 2 of Part 4 of the **Sentencing Act 1991** deals with compensation.
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Division 1 of Part 4 of the **Sentencing Act 1991** deals with restitution. Division 2 of Part 4 of the **Sentencing Act 1991** deals with compensation.
(2) Despite anything to the contrary in the **Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996**, if the act of violence to which an application under that Act relates is family violence by a person—
(a) the Specialist Family Violence Court Division has jurisdiction to deal with the application; and
(b) in dealing with the application, the Specialist Family Violence Court Division has the same functions, powers and duties as the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal; and
(c) for the purposes of the application and any subsequent review of a decision relating to the application, the Specialist Family Violence Court Division is taken to constitute the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal.
(3) The Specialist Family Violence Court Division also has—
(a) jurisdiction to deal with a breach of an order referred to in subsection (1)(a), including any offence constituted by such a breach; and
(b) any other jurisdiction given to it by or under this or any other Act.
(4) Subject to and in accordance with the rules, a proceeding may be transferred to the Specialist Family Violence Court Division, whether sitting at the same or a different venue, but only if the venue where the Specialist Family Violence Court Division is sitting is the proper venue referred to in paragraph (ca) of the definition of ***proper venue***.
(5) Subject to and in accordance with the rules, the Specialist Family Violence Court Division may transfer a proceeding (including a proceeding transferred to it under subsection (4)) to the Court, sitting other than as the Specialist Family Violence Court Division, at the same or a different venue.
(6) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, if a proceeding is transferred from one venue of the Court to another, the transferee venue is the proper venue of the Court for the purposes of this Act.
S. 4J inserted by No. 77/2004 s. 4.