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Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005
117Deductions from awards made under Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1976
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117 Deductions from awards made under Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1976
A debt owed to the Director under this Act is taken to be a pecuniary penalty imposed on a person and owing to the Crown for the purposes of section 6B(1)(a) of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1976 and that amount must be deducted by the Commissioner from any award of compensation to be made under that Act and must be paid to the Director.