12Financial assistance to train drivers following fatal incidents

12 Financial assistance to train drivers following fatal incidents S. 12(1) amended by Nos 6/2010 s. 199(3) (Sch. 3 item 2.5), 61/2011 s. 25(Sch. 2 item 5.1), 7/2019 s. 47(1). (1) The Secretary must grant to a train driver employed or engaged by a train operator an amount of financial assistance equal to the prescribed amount if the Secretary is satisfied that the train driver is eligible under this section to be awarded that amount. (2) A train driver is eligible under this section to be awarded financial assistance if— S. 12(2)(a) substituted by No. 7/2019 s. 47(2). (a) a train is involved in an incident in which one or more persons die either by being struck by the train or by being in a vehicle struck by the train and the train driver is— (i) driving the train; or (ii) rostered for work and in the driver's cabin of the train with the authority of the train operator; and (b) the incident occurred on or after the commencement of section 9 of the **Transport Legislation Amendment Act** **2007**. S. 12(3) amended by Nos 22/2013 s. 90, 41/2019 s. 108. (3) A train driver is not eligible for financial assistance under this section if the train driver was convicted or found guilty of an offence under Part 4A of the **Rail Safety National Law Application Act 2013** or Division 9 of Part 3 of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria) involving alcohol or drugs in relation to the incident. S. 12(4) amended by No. 35/2014 s. 40. (4) The financial assistance granted under this section must be paid out as a lump sum. (5) Despite anything to the contrary in the **Accident Compensation Act 1985** or the **Transport Accident Act 1986**, a grant of financial assistance under this section is not to be taken into account in determining any amount of compensation, assistance or payment of any kind that the train driver is entitled to receive under either of those Acts. Note to s. 12(5) substituted by No. 21/2022 s. 81(1). The financial assistance that a train driver has been awarded or is eligible to be awarded under this section is to be taken into account to reduce the amount of financial assistance awarded to the train driver under the **Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996** (see section 16(ac) of that Act) or paid to the train driver under the **Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Act 2022** (see section 18(1)(a)(iii) of that Act). S. 12(6) amended by No. 21/2022 s. 81(2). (6) In this section the prescribed amount of financial assistance is $1300 or any higher amount that is prescribed as the maximum amount for the purposes of section 11 of the **Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Act 2022** in relation to a category C act of violence. Pt 2 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 8–12) amended by Nos 9984 ss 4(b)(c), 5(b)(c), 100/1986 s. 3(22), 44/1989 ss 8, 39(1)(a), 40(Sch. 1 item 7.1), repealed by No. 85/1992 s. 4. Pt 2 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 13–20) amended by Nos 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.1), 15/1987 s. 31(3), 52/1988 s. 161(Sch. 6 item 14.1), substituted as Pt 2 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 13–16) by No. 44/1989 s. 9, amended by Nos 76/1991 s. 15(1), 85/1992 ss 5, 6, 9(1)(a), 60/1994 s. 7, 17/1995 s. 24(a), 68/1995 s. 41(1), 104/1997 s. 32, 47/1998 s. 16(2)(3), 98/1998 s. 25(c), 30/2000 ss 4, 5, 54/2001 ss 9, 25(Sch. item 1.5), 12/2004 ss 136, 137(6), 30/2007 s. 225, 93/2009 s. 36, repealed by No. 6/2010 s. 199(3) (Sch. 3 item 3). Pt 2 Div. 3A (Heading and ss 17–20E) inserted by No. 47/1998 s. 15, repealed by No. 54/2001 s. 9. Pt 2 Div. 4 (Heading and ss 21–33) amended by Nos 10220 s. 14, 100/1986 ss 3(22), 5, 50/1988 s. 93(2)(Sch. 2 Pt 2 item 59), 44/1989 ss 10–16, 17(2), 40(Sch. 1 items 1, 2.1, 6.1, 8.1, 20), 81/1990 s. 7(1), 85/1992 ss 7, 8, 9(1)(b)(c), 120/1993 s. 64, 60/1994 s. 8, 17/1995 s. 22, 68/1995 s. 42, 28/1996 s. 5, 47/1998 s. 16(4)–(6), 54/2001 ss 10, 25(Sch. items 1.6–1.12, 1.14), 49/2004 s. 46, 95/2005 s. 33, 69/2007 s. 40(1), 74/2007 s. 80, repealed by No. 6/2010 s. 199(3) (Sch. 3 item 4). Pt 2 Div. 5 (Heading and ss 34–37) amended by Nos 44/1989 ss 18(1), 40(Sch. 1 items 15, 25), 85/1992 s. 9(1)(c)(d), repealed by No. 6/2010 s. 199(3) (Sch. 3 item 5). Pt 2A (Heading and s. 37A) inserted by No. 54/2002 s. 3, amended by No. 59/2003 s. 124, repealed by No. 9921 s. 254A[[2]](#endnote-3). Pt 3 (Heading) amended by Nos 100/1986 s. 3(22), 81/1990 s. 7(2), 54/2001 s. 25(Sch. item 1.13). Part III—Powers of the Corporation S. 38 amended by Nos 100/1986 s. 3(22), 44/1989 s. 40(Sch. 1 items 2.1, 10), 54/2001 s. 25(Sch. items 1.15, 1.16), repealed by No. 6/2010 s. 199(3) S. 39 amended by Nos 9984 s. 5(d), 10220 s. 16, 100/1986 s. 3(22), 123/1986 s. 80, 44/1989 s. 40(Sch. 1 item 2.1), 54/2001 ss 11, 25(Sch. item 1.17), repealed by No. 6/2010 s. 199(3) S. 40 substituted by No. 44/1989 s. 19, amended by Nos 60/1994 s. 9(1)(2), 30/2000 s. 6, repealed by No. 54/2001 s. 12. S. 41 substituted by No. 44/1989 s. 19, repealed by No. 12/2004 s. 137(7). S. 42 amended by Nos 9984 s. 5(e), 100/1986 s. 3(22), 121/1986 s. 112, 18/1989 s. 13(Sch. 2 item 90(a)), 44/1989 ss 20(a)(b), 40(Sch. 1 items 1, 2.1, 8.1), 81/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 53.1), 81/1990 s. 7(3), 85/1998 s. 24(Sch. item 59), 30/2000 s. 7, 54/2001 s. 25(Sch. items 1.19–1.25), repealed by No. 12/2004 s. 137(8).