sec.11Government assessor or scheme manager under Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009

### sec.11 Government assessor or scheme manager under Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 This section applies to a government assessor or the scheme manager in performing any of the following functions under the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 — dealing with an application for assistance, or amendment of a grant of assistance, under chapter 3 of that Act; amending assistance under chapter 3 , part 15 of that Act; recovering, for the State, an amount from a person under chapter 3 , part 16 of that Act. The government assessor or scheme manager is entitled to— 1 free copy of an existing transcription of a record under the Act of— a criminal proceeding relating to a relevant offence for the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or a proceeding under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 relating to the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or free electronic access to an audio record of a proceeding mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) or (ii) . The copy mentioned in subsection (2) (a) may be issued— in printed form or electronic form; and even if the proceeding has ended. In this section— government assessor see the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 , schedule 3 . relevant offence , for an act of violence, see the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 , schedule 3 . scheme manager see the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 , schedule 3 . s 11 amd 2023 SL No. 18 s 7 (sec.11-ssec.1) This section applies to a government assessor or the scheme manager in performing any of the following functions under the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 — dealing with an application for assistance, or amendment of a grant of assistance, under chapter 3 of that Act; amending assistance under chapter 3 , part 15 of that Act; recovering, for the State, an amount from a person under chapter 3 , part 16 of that Act. (sec.11-ssec.2) The government assessor or scheme manager is entitled to— 1 free copy of an existing transcription of a record under the Act of— a criminal proceeding relating to a relevant offence for the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or a proceeding under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 relating to the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or free electronic access to an audio record of a proceeding mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) or (ii) . (sec.11-ssec.3) The copy mentioned in subsection (2) (a) may be issued— in printed form or electronic form; and even if the proceeding has ended. (sec.11-ssec.4) In this section— government assessor see the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 , schedule 3 . relevant offence , for an act of violence, see the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 , schedule 3 . scheme manager see the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 , schedule 3 . - (a) dealing with an application for assistance, or amendment of a grant of assistance, under chapter 3 of that Act; - (b) amending assistance under chapter 3 , part 15 of that Act; - (c) recovering, for the State, an amount from a person under chapter 3 , part 16 of that Act. - (a) 1 free copy of an existing transcription of a record under the Act of— (i) a criminal proceeding relating to a relevant offence for the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or (ii) a proceeding under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 relating to the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or - (i) a criminal proceeding relating to a relevant offence for the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or - (ii) a proceeding under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 relating to the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or - (b) free electronic access to an audio record of a proceeding mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) or (ii) . - (i) a criminal proceeding relating to a relevant offence for the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or - (ii) a proceeding under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 relating to the act of violence for which assistance is sought or has been granted; or - (a) in printed form or electronic form; and - (b) even if the proceeding has ended.